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.
Saleh Arouri, who was the most senior Hamas figure killed since the war with Israel began, was also a founder of the group's military wing. His death could provoke major retaliation by Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah militia.
Saleh Arouri, the deputy political head of Hamas and a founder of the group's military wing, had been in Israel's sights for years before he was killed in a drone strike in a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday.
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.