Israeli Forces Eliminate Hamas Commander in Southern Lebanon

Israeli Military: "Terrorist Eliminated"

On the 17th (local time), the Israeli military announced that it targeted a car in Sidon, southern Lebanon, and eliminated a commander of Hamas, the Palestinian armed faction.

According to major foreign media including Lebanon's state-run NNA news agency, around 10 a.m. that day, a passenger car heading from the outskirts of Sidon along a coastal road toward Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, was attacked by a drone strike. One person inside the car was killed in the incident.

Israeli troops patrolling the southern region of Lebanon on the 17th (local time) AFP Yonhap News Photo by AFP

Lebanese security sources told AFP on the same day that "the Israeli military carried out an attack targeting a Hamas official." The Israeli military also stated, "Through a joint operation by Shin Bet (Israeli intelligence agency), the terrorist Muhammad Shahin was eliminated."

Shahin was a commander in Hamas's operations department, responsible for rocket launchers. The Israeli military claimed that Shahin was recently planning terrorist attacks in Lebanon directed and funded by Iran.