Israel-Hamas War

Hamas deputy leader killed in explosion south of Beirut

Saleh Arouri was one of four killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Lebanese capital, Hamas says

Saleh Arouri. Picture: Reuters

An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah have confirmed.

Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’s military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had threatened to kill him even before the Hamas-Israel war began on October 7.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has vowed ...