Hamas’s deputy leader Saleh Arouri ‘killed in Israeli drone strike in Beirut’

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Hamas has claimed it's deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in an Isreali drone strike in Beirut.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reports the senior official died in an explosion caused by an attack on an apartment used as Hamas' office.

Two other Hamas commanders in Lebanon - Samir Findi Abu Amer and Azzam Al-Aqraa Abu Ammar - were also killed in the precision strike, Al Aqsa TV reports.

Arouri was a senior official in Hamas's politburo but was known to be deeply involved in its military affairs.

He was one of the founders of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades - Hamas' military wing - and headed the terrorist group's presence in the West Bank.

The deputy leader was seen as Hamas' prime orchestrator of terrorism in the West Bank - and was wanted by Israel for many years.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu had threatened to kill him even before the Hamas bloodbath on October 7, which sparked the ongoing war.

Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the attack.
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