03/01/24
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SHINA JO
Leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has issued a statement confirming that two senior commanders from its armed wing have been killed in Beirut alongside Saleh al-Arouri
He names the pair of al-Qassam Brigades commanders as Samir Fendi and Azzam al-Aqra, adding that others were killed too, without giving any more names or numbers of the dead.
A separate Hamas statement also reported the killings of four other men, bringing the total death toll to seven.
In his statement, Haniyeh condemned their “cowardly” killing, as well as accusing Israel of violating Lebanon’s sovereignty and escalating the ongoing conflict.
Meanwhile
Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said the country’s forces were in a high state of readiness and prepared for any scenario
Shtayyeh, who is part of the Palestinian Authority that governs the occupied West Bank and is separate from Hamas, calls the killing a “crime perpetrated by known criminals.”
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