An Israeli drone strike killed the head of Hamas’ military operation in Lebanon on Monday — as Israel announced it would keep troops in parts of southern Lebanon after the deadline to withdraw, military officials said. Mohammad Shaheen, the head of ...
Israelis mourned the Bibas family, which symbolised the trauma their country suffered in the Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023, as the Palestinian militant group agreed to free the last hostage bodies included in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire.
With the first phase of the truce set to expire Saturday, Hamas on Wednesday turned over the bodies of four hostages and Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Israel killed on Monday a Hamas leader in southern Lebanon's Sidon area, the Israeli military and a Hamas official said.
The release came after several days of negotiations following Israel’s refusal on Saturday to exchange some Palestinian prisoners it had pledged to free.
Chief of Hamas operations in Lebanon, Mohammed Shaheen, was being funded by Iran to advance attacks on Israelis, military says The post IDF: Strike in Lebanon’s Sidon kills top Hamas commander planning terror attacks appeared first on The Times of Israel.
The militant group turned over four coffins it said contained the bodies of Israeli captives, and Israel began releasing Palestinian prisoners.
The strike comes as Israel is expected to remain in certain Lebanese positions, despite the ceasefire agreement ordering it to withdraw
The strike came as an Israeli official said that Israeli forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon near the border after Tuesday’s deadline for their full withdrawal. The pullout is supposed to take place under the ceasefire agreement in November that ended the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Residents of southern Lebanon have been gradually returning to their villages to find their homes heavily damaged by the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
As Hezbollah supporters gathered at a stadium in Beirut to bury their revered leader, Hassan Nasrallah—killed in an Israeli Air Force bombing in September—a roar rippled through the crowd.