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Israeli Strike Kills Hamas Leader Saeed Atallah Ali and Family in Lebanon's Beddawi Camp

Oct 5, 2024, 05:13 AM

Saeed Atallah Ali, the head of Hamas's military wing in Lebanon, the al-Qassam Brigades, was killed along with his wife and two children in an overnight Israeli drone strike on the Beddawi refugee camp near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security agency confirmed the strike, targeting Ali's apartment in the camp. The attack marks a significant escalation, as it is the first time the area has been hit in the current flare-up between Israel and Hamas. Hamas announced the deaths.