Report: Senior Hamas official killed in overnight strike in Sidon, southern Lebanon

An Israeli drone strike is reported to have targeted a residential building in the southern Lebanon city of Sidon overnight, killing three.

The pro-Hezbollah Al Mayadeen news outlet reports that senior Hamas operative Hassan Farhat was killed in the strike.

Footage from the scene of the strike shows one floor of the apartment block in flames, with smoke pouring out of it. The other floors appear to be relatively unscathed.

There is no immediate comment from the IDF.

Reports of a precision-airstrike earlier by the Israeli Air Force, on an apartment building inside the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon. Reports that the target eliminated in Sidon was a senior Hamas official. It is also reported that his family was eliminated along with him. pic.twitter.com/YQMheOFYiC

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