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Bodyguard of slain senior Hamas official critically injured in drone attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA 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.
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