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IDF and Shin Bet say 2 senior Hamas commanders killed in northern Lebanon strikes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF and Shin Bet security agency in a joint statement confirm that two senior Hamas commanders were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon today.
The first strike, which took place overnight in the Beddawi camp for Palestinian refugees near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, targeted and killed Saeed Atallah Ali.
According to the IDF and Shin Bet, Ali advanced terror attacks against Israel and worked to recruit more members to Hamas in Lebanon.
Hamas confirmed Ali’s death, calling him a field commander.
The second strike, which took place this morning near the Beqaa Valley town of Saadnayel, targeted and killed Mohammed Hussein al-Lawis.
The IDF and Shin Bet describe al-Lawis as Hamas’s “executive authority in Lebanon” and say that he directed terror attacks in the West Bank.
The statement adds that he was also responsible for “Hamas’s entrenchment inside Lebanon, using it to supply weapons for rocket attacks against Israel and in attempts to manufacture advanced weaponry.”
Hamas also confirms al-Lawis’s death in a statement.
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