Number two in the political office of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Salih al Aruridied this tuesday Israeli drone bombardment against a group office on the outskirts BeirutAccording to the Lebanese National News Agency (ANN), three more people lost their lives.
“Hostile attack targeting the Hamas office where the meeting of Palestinian groups was held, Killed senior West Bank Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri and three others” said Lebanese state media.
The facilities attacked were in the Msharafiye district adjacent to the capital, and several ambulances went to transport the victims, according to state media, which did not provide details on the identities or affiliations of those killed.
A military source, who wished to remain anonymous, confirmed to EFE that the explosion in the suburbs of Beirut this afternoon was shaken, without specifying the cause, while another unnamed source close to the Lebanese Shiite group also confirmed. Hezbollah He described the incident as “murder”.
The Shiite movement controls most of the neighborhoods in the south of the capital; This region represents one of the main strongholds of the Shiite movement in the country, with the Shiite movement controlling most of the neighborhoods in the south of the capital. had not been attacked since the war Israel In the summer of 2006.
Since last October 8, within the framework of the war between Israel and Hamas, Hezbollah has also been engaging in intense crossfire with Israeli forces from its side of the border, but so far the violence has been limited to a radius of 50 kilometers from the border. divide.
The border outbreak, the worst in 17 years, has raised fears that Lebanon will become a second front in the Gaza war; The Lebanese Government has been preparing for this scenario for more than two months with a contingency plan at various levels.