BEIRUT – On Tuesday, senior official of Hamas,
Saleh Al-Arouri, was assassinated by an Israeli drone attack in Lebanon. This comes after threats from Israeli Prime Minister,
Benjamin Netanyahu, earlier in 2023.
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Netanyahu threatened Al-Arouri after Hamas claimed responsibility for the Hawara operation back in February of 2023, which killed a number of Israeli settlers. Netanyahu stated, “It is not a coincidence that he is hiding… he will pay the full price,” reported local news outlets.
Hamas, however, responded to threats, describing them as “ridiculous” and “hollow”.
They stated that it “will not succeed in weakening the resistance, and the confused Zionist enemy must realize that any interference with the leadership of the resistance will be faced with strength and determination.”
Who is Saleh Al-Arouri?
Arouri is a prominent Palestinian political and military leader, and he is the deputy head of the political bureau of
Hamas.
He is from the village of Arura, near Ramallah, and was born in 1966, and studied Islamic law, where he received a bachelor’s degree from Hebron University.
He joined the Islamist resistance at an early age, then led the Islamic Bloc at the university from 1985 until his arrest by Israel in 1992.
He spent about 15 years in Israeli prisons, then was deported from Palestine. He continued to live in Lebanon.
He has been a member of Hamas’ political bureau since 2010.
He contributed in founding Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and is considered the mastermind behind arming Al-Qassam Brigades.
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