An Israeli drone strike on a car on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Wednesday killed a Hamas operative from the nearby Palestinian camp of Rashidieh, Israeli and Hamas officials said.
A Hamas source, speaking to Reuters, knew the author as Hadi Mustafa but said he was not a senior official. Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV channel said Mustafa was one of the leaders of the group’s military wing. The Israeli army proved that it had killed Mustafa. in southern Lebanon and called him a “major” Hamas operative, claiming he was guilty of attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets around the world.
Two security sources said a Syrian man passing by on a motorcycle was also killed in the attack, having previously said the two victims were in Mustafa’s car. All three said the drone, which they called Israeli, was floating in the air. over the site of the attack for several minutes after its execution.
Hamas, the Palestinian faction that carried out a deadly incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, also has a political and military presence in Lebanon, founded largely in camps where Palestinian refugees have lived for decades. Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel since October on behalf of Hamas. Israel has also carried out actions in Lebanon, generally confined to the border region but expanding further and further to the north and east.
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