Hamas has confirmed the death of the organization’s second commander

Jerusalem. Palestinian Islamic group Hamas This Tuesday, the death of Saleh Al Arouri, the number two in its political office, was confirmed in a bombardment with Israeli drones against an office of the group on the outskirts of Beirut. Where five other people also died.

This is a statement, Hamas blamed the “Zionist occupation”, pointing to Israel for the “cowardly” assassination of Palestinian leaders “inside and outside Palestine”.

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“They will not be able to break the will and resistance of our people,” he said in the statement.

Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, of which Saleh al-Arouri was co-founder, promised to “respond to all crimes” against Palestinians.

In a statement, he assured that Saleh al Arouri’s death was met “with great pride and honor” and stressed that “the assassination of leaders will not discourage us from our national duty to protect our people and will only serve as a deterrent to protest.” Will increase our determination to do so.”

The Palestinian Jihad group responded in a statement, saying, “We regret (the death) of the great national leader “Saleh al-Arouri” and his brothers, martyrs, after the cowardly and treacherous assassination carried out by the Zionist enemy (Israel) ” , Islamic.

EFE consulted an Israeli military spokesperson about what happened and is awaiting a response.

At least two Israeli projectiles hit an office of the Palestinian Movement and vehicles parked in front of it in the Mashrafiye area in Beirut’s southern suburbs this afternoon.

Al Arouri, a member of Hamas’s political office and one of the founders of its armed wing, was one of the most prominent exiled leaders of the group, which has many representatives in Lebanon as well as other countries in the region.

Furthermore, he was considered one of the Hamas leaders who planned armed action against Israel from abroad.

The Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah controls most of the areas south of the capital where the attack took place, an area that represents one of its main strongholds in the country and which has been under attack since the war waged against Israel in the summer. had not been. 2006.

Since last October 8, within the framework of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah has also been engaged in intense firefights with Israeli forces from their side of the border.