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Friday, August 9, 2024
Hamas official in Lebanon said killed in alleged Israeli strike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Saudi-owned al-Arabiya outlet, citing unidentified sources, says that the target of the Israeli drone strike near Sidon is Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas official in charge of security in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp. Lebanese outlets also report that al-Hajj was the target of the raid.
Al-Arabiya says that both al-Hajj and another Hamas member were killed in the strike.