Israeli Strike In South Lebanon Kills Hamas Member

An Israeli drone strike on a car outside the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, killed a member of Hamas from the nearby Palestinian camp of Rashidieh, a source from the faction told Reuters.

The source identified the member as Hadi Mustafa but said he was not a senior figure.

Two security sources said a Syrian man who was passing by on his motorcycle was also killed in the strike, after earlier saying that the two fatalities had been in Mustafa’s car.

All three sources said the drone, which they identified as Israeli, hovered in the air above the site of the strike for several minutes after it was carried out.

Hamas, the Palestinian faction which carried out a deadly incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, also has a political and military presence in Lebanon, largely based out of camps where Palestinian refugees have lived for decades.

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in October in support of Hamas. Since then, Israel has been carrying out strikes in Lebanon, mostly confined to the border region but increasingly spreading further north and east. – REUTERS