Drone strike killed head of Hamas in Lebanon, Israel says

An Israeli drone strike in the south of Lebanon killed the head of the Palestinian Hamas group in Lebanon, according to Israel’s military, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on February 17th.

The strike occurred the day before the deadline for Israel’s complete withdrawal from the south of Lebanon, in line with the ceasefire agreement that brought an end to the conflict of 14 months between Hezbollah and Israel.

Th Israeli military said it killed head of Hamas’ operations department in Lebanon, Mohammad Shaheen. The army claimed that Shaheen has “recently [been] planning terror attacks, directed and funded by Iran, from Lebanese territory against the citizens of the state of Israel.”

Asharq Al-Awsat