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The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday that an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed one of its senior leaders.

People and rescue teams search for victims after an Israeli airstrike hit two adjacent buildings, in the Ain al-Delib neighborhood east of Lebanon's southern port city of Sidon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP/PTI)(AP09_30_2024_000012B)(AP)
People and rescue teams search for victims after an Israeli airstrike hit two adjacent buildings, in the Ain al-Delib neighborhood east of Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP/PTI)(AP09_30_2024_000012B)(AP)

The leader of Hamas, identified as Fateh Sharif Abu al-Amin, was killed along with his wife, son and daughter. An Israeli airstrike hit his house inside a Palestinian refugee camp in the city of Tayr early on Monday.

Three more militants were killed in the attack.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a resistance group fighting Israel alongside Hamas, said after an Israeli strike hit the top floor of an apartment building in Beirut’s Kola district. Three members of the group were killed. The attack is reportedly the first by Israel within the capital’s borders.

The Israeli military has not commented on the attacks but has vowed to continue its offensive to “secure” northern Israel again and enable its citizens to return to their communities.

Israel continued to shell Lebanon on Monday, days after killing Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, on areas it claimed were “targets” of the Iran-backed militant group.

In addition to Nasrallah, Israel also killed other senior commanders of the group, including Nabil Kauk, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s central council, and Ali Karki, another senior commander who died with Nasrallah. Kawc became the seventh senior Hezbollah commander to be killed in more than a week of continuous strikes.

About 1,000 people have been killed and more than 6,000 injured across Lebanon in recent Israeli attacks. About 2,50,000 people have taken shelter in shelters and thousands are staying with relatives or camping in the open, Environment Minister Nasir Yasin told the AP news agency. Prime Minister Najib Muttaki called the displacement “the biggest disaster” in the country’s history.

“One of the biggest challenges is that the government doesn’t have the means to equip the shelters,” Leila Al-Amin said. Lebanon At the humanitarian group Mercy Corps.

Israel also stepped up its latest round of attacks on Houthi rebels in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida in response to missile strikes by the rebel group. Four people were killed and 29 injured in attacks in Yemen on Sunday.

(with input from Reuters)



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