Bodyguard of slain senior Hamas official critically injured in drone attack

A Hamas source and two other security sources tell Reuters that Hamas operative Samer al-Hajj was killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike near Sidon, Lebanon, and his bodyguard was critically wounded.

Al-Hajj is described as a senior Hamas official who ran security for the terror group in Ain el-Hilweh, a large refugee camp outside Sidon that is largely ruled by armed Palestinian factions.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency reports that al-Hajj was killed when two missiles fired from a drone hit his Range Rover SUV.

According to NNA, people in Ain el-Hilweh are angrily taking to the streets to march against Israel, chanting slogans in support of Hamas.