Hamas says its top leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
AdvertisementHamas said its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, and several of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
AdvertisementAs the head of Hamas' Lebanon branch, el-Amin reportedly oversaw the organization's recruitment of operatives and arms acquisition efforts there.
His reported death comes after Israel said it killed longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Lebanon on Saturday.
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