Israel kills Hamas security official in airstrike on car deep within Lebanon

[RYAN ROBERTSON]

AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE TOOK OUT A SENIOR HAMAS MEMBER DEEP INSIDE LEBANON IN THE TOWN OF SIDON — ABOUT 40 MILES FROM THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER.

THE STRIKE HIT A CAR CARRYING A HAMAS SECURITY OFFICIAL AND ANOTHER OCCUPANT.

BOTH WERE KILLED.

SOME BYSTANDERS WERE ALSO HURT.

ISRAELI FORCES HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT STRIKES AGAINST HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS AS THE WAR IN GAZA HAS RAGED ON. — WITH HEADLINE-GRABBING KILLS IN RECENT DAYS

WHILE MOST OF THE FIGHT HAS BEEN HAPPENING NEAR THE BORDER– ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES TOOK DOWN A  HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER INSIDE BEIRUT.

AND A HAMAS POLITICAL LEADER WAS KILLED IN A SUSPECTED ISRAELI BOMBING IN TEHRAN.

IRAN AND HEZBOLLAH HAVE VOWED REVENGE FOR THE KILLINGS.

HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHED DRONES INTO ISRAELI TERRITORY EARLIER THIS WEEK– AS FEARS OF A MORE WIDESPREAD CONFLICT GROW AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

THIS LATEST ESCALATION COMES AMID A PUSH BY THE U-S FOR ANOTHER CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. 

NEARLY 40-THOUSAND PALESTINIANS HAVE DIED IN GAZA SINCE ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS– ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS-RUN GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY.

AND U-N OFFICIALS WARN THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS WORSENING.

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