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Monday, September 30, 2024
IDF, Shin Bet confirm commander of Hamas in Lebanon killed in airstrike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF and Shin Bet in a joint statement confirm that the commander of Hamas in Lebanon was killed in an airstrike overnight.
The statement describes Fateh Sherif as the “head of the Lebanon branch of the Hamas terror organization.”
According to the military, Sherif was responsible for coordinating Hamas’s activity in Lebanon with Hezbollah, as well as Hamas’s “force build-up efforts in Lebanon, in the field of recruiting operatives and procuring weapons.”
He “worked to advance the interests of Hamas in [Lebanon], both politically and militarily,” the statement says.
UNRWA confirmed that Sherif was employed by the agency for Palestinian refugees, but says he was being probed over his political activities.
According to Lebanese media, Sherif was killed in a strike on the al-Bass refugee camp in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.
