Jerusalem, Feb. 18 (UNI) Israeli forces killed a Hamas military official in an airstrike in Lebanon, Israeli security officials said on Monday.
In a joint statement, the Israeli military and Shin Bet domestic security agency said warplanes "struck and eliminated" Mohammad Shaheen in Sidon, a coastal city in southern Lebanon.
The statement identified Shaheen as "the head of Hamas' Operations Department in Lebanon" and accused him of recently planning attacks against Israeli civilians from Lebanon under Iranian direction and funding. It also described him as a "significant source of knowledge" for rocket attacks from Lebanon.