An Israeli drone strike targeted Wednesday a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre, killing a member of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and a civilian.
Hamas said the strike killed Hadi Mustafa, a member of its armed wing in Lebanon from the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh.
The Israeli army said in a statement that it carried out a strike in the Tyre area. It described Mustafa as a “significant operative” behind attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets around the world.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the other person killed was a Syrian citizen who was on a motorcycle near the targeted car. It also said two people were wounded in the strike.
The strike came a day after a pair of Israeli airstrikes
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