JAKARTA - The Israeli military claims to have killed the main figure of the Palestinian militant group Hamas near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
In a statement, the Israeli military did not mention the identity of the person on target. There was no direct statement from Hamas.
Reported by Reuters on Tuesday, July 8, Lebanese state media said the car was hit near Tripoli. The Health Ministry reported two people were killed and three others injured, without identifying them.
Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups maintain its presence in various parts of Lebanon, mostly in camps that have hosted displaced Palestinians for decades.
Since the cross-border Hamas attack from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel in 2023, Israel has carried out targeted attacks on Lebanese armed groups, Hezbollah, and members of Palestinian factions in Lebanon.
The deputy chief of Hamas was killed in Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut in early 2024, and another attack hit Palestinian camps in northern Lebanon.
A US-brokered ceasefire last year ended the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, although Israel continues to carry out attacks on what it calls the Hezbollah gun depot and fighters, mostly in southern Lebanon.
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The attack on Tuesday, July 8 near Tripoli was the first time the targeted killings have occurred in the area since the ceasefire.
Meanwhile, US envoy Thomas Barrack continued his two-day visit to Lebanon to discuss the denouncing of Hezbollah's weapons and other militant groups.
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