Deputy Hamas Chief Killed in Beirut Blast

Deputy Hamas Chief Killed in Beirut Blast
Smoke rises from a destroyed apartment as civil defense workers search for survivors following a massive explosion in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. Bilal Hussein/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BEIRUT—Deputy Hamas chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday night in an apparent Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of the allied Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, signaling the conflict between the Hamas terrorist group and Israel could be expanding to engulf more of the region.

In response to questions from Reuters, the Israeli military said it does not respond to reports in the foreign media.