Top Hamas official killed in explosion, Lebanon says
Saleh Arouri was one of the founders of Hamas' military wing, and headed the group's West Bank operations.
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Saleh Arouri was one of the founders of Hamas' military wing, and headed the group's West Bank operations.
His death could provoke major retaliation by Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia.
Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and was carried out by an Israeli drone. Israeli officials declined to comment.
An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas said.