Army confirms killing senior Hamas terrorist in southern Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

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7 May 2025, 11:10 am Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Lebanese army soldiers and rescue workers gather next to a damaged car after an Israeli strike, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)

The IDF confirms carrying out an airstrike in the southern coastal Lebanese city of Sidon this morning, killing a prominent Hamas member.

According to the military, the target, Khaled Ahmad Ahmad, served as chief of operations in Hamas’s western sector in Lebanon.

The IDF says Ahmad advanced numerous attacks on Israeli civilians and troops during the war. “Recently, he worked to transfer weapons and to carry out terror attacks against the State of Israel,” the military says.

The strike was carried out because “Ahmad’s activities posed a threat to the State of Israel and its citizens,” the IDF adds.