Al-Manar is reporting that Al-Arouri was the target of the drone attack in southern Beirut.
The Lebanese al-Mayadeen channel has also reported that al-Arouri has been killed, and Reuters has reported the deputy Hamas politburo leader was the target, citing three security sources.
Who was Saleh al-Arouri?
Al-Arouri was the deputy chief of Hamas’s political bureau and one of the founders of the Palestinian group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades. He was born in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank in 1966.
He had long been living in exile in Lebanon after spending 15 years in Israeli jail. In recent weeks, he acted as a spokesperson for Hamas and its strategy in the war in Gaza.
Last month, he told Al Jazeera that Hamas would not discuss a prisoner exchange deal before ending the Israeli offensive on Gaza.
”The resistance is ready for all the military scenarios,” he said. “There is no fear or worry for the resistance. It will win.”
In October, Israeli forces demolished his home near Ramallah.
The US government designated him as a “global terrorist” in 2015 and put out a $5m reward for information on him.
Source: AlJazeera
