{"id":2138659,"date":"2024-01-02T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T21:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-hamas-official-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-hezbollah-media-claims\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T16:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T21:20:50","slug":"top-hamas-official-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-hezbollah-media-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-hamas-official-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-hezbollah-media-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas leader slain in Israeli airstrike, Hezbollah media alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-hamas-official-killed-in-israeli-air-strike-hezbollah-media-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2138659&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Firefighters and civil defense are seen in a damaged building that was\u200c allegedly targeted by an Israeli drone strike on January\u2064 2, \u200b2024 \u200din Dahiyeh, a\u200d suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. \u2063Shortly after the \u2063blast, Hamas confirmed the \u2062death of Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head \u200dof its political bureau and two other \u2063officials. An earlier report from Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency said four\u2064 people had died in the blast \u200cand alleged it was \u200ban Israeli\u200b drone\u2064 strike. (Photo by Marwan Tahtah\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>12:45 PM\u200b \u2013 Tuesday, January 2, 2024<\/p>\n<h2>The Deputy Leader of\u200d Hamas Killed in\u200b Israeli Air Strike<\/h2>\n<p>According to Hezbollah news outlets, the deputy leader of the\u2063 Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas was killed in an Israeli air strike.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a news broadcasting channel in connection to\u2062 Hezbollah, called <a href=\"https:\/\/english.almayadeen.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>al-Mayadeen<\/em><\/a>, reported that the high-profile Hamas leader, Saleh Al-Arouri, was\u200c killed in the Beirut town of Dahieh, located in Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p>Al-Arouri oversaw the terrorist organization\u2019s activities in \u200dthe\u200c West Bank and is one of the founders \u200bof Hamas\u2019 military wing.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq made a statement regarding the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe cowardly assassinations carried out by the Zionist occupation against the \u200dleaders and symbols \u2064of our Palestinian people inside \u200band outside Palestine \u200bwill not succeed in breaking the will and steadfastness of\u200b our people or\u200b in undermining \u200cthe\u200b continuation of their valiant resistance,\u201d al-Rishq said in the\u2064 statement, \u2063asserting that the strike \u201cproves once again the abject failure of the enemy to achieve any\u200d of its aggressive goals \u200bin the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With a $5 \u200cmillion United States bounty on his head, Israeli and United States national security officials suspected Al-Arouri of being involved in the financing and training of Hamas members who carried\u200b out the terrorist attack on \u2062October 7<sup>th<\/sup> in Israel, which resulted in at least 1,200 deaths and roughly\u200d 240 hostage abductions.<\/p>\n<p>However, Israeli officials have\u2063 not commented on the alleged strike, and the Israel Defense \u200bForces (IDF) \u2064have not yet confirmed the \u2062situation. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe IDF has no comment,\u201d a spokesman said in a text\u200b message.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Al-Arouri, \u2063who was based \u2064in Lebanon\u2063 and was said to be 57-years-old, was a significant figure in the political bureau of Hamas and\u2064 was widely regarded\u2062 as the de facto head of the organization\u2019s armed wing in the West Bank. <\/p>\n<p>In recent\u2063 years, Al-Arouri\u200c had also taken a lot of \u2064trips, working in Qatar and Turkey before establishing a\u200c Hamas training facility\u2063 in Lebanon \u2064for the Islamic extremist members.<\/p>\n<p>Following the \u200cOctober 7<sup>th<\/sup> attack on Israel, Israeli \u2063Prime Minister\u200c Benjamin\u2062 Netanyahu\u200d confirmed in November \u2064of 2023\u200c that he had instructed Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-joe-biden-wages-world-war-e-while-putin-wages-war-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: Joe Biden Wages World War E While Putin Wages War in Ukraine\">top intelligence agency<\/a>, the Mossad, to \u200dlocate and neutralize the heads\u200b of Hamas wherever they \u2062may be.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Drone strike kills Hamas leader Saleh\u2062 al-Arouri in Beirut, Lebanon. \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Here come more protests from the left\u2062 in America.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hamas, al-Arouri\u2064 was one of the main\u200c &#8220;architects&#8221; who planned the \u2063October \u20647th terror attack in Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Al-Arouri was killed along with\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTNSSPWinF\">pic.twitter.com\/rTNSSPWinF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin\u2062 Rugg (@CollinRugg)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1742240206525472955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Udi Levy, \u200dthe former \u2064head\u200b of economic warfare for Mossad \u2062made \u200ba statement about Al-Arouri in a piece \u200dpublished on October 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey are looking for him like the Americans were looking for bin Laden after 9\/11,\u201d said Levy. \u201cHe is a shadow guy. He is under the\u2062 radar. And \u200cbelieve me, \u2062these are the dangerous people,\u200c people like that.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, Levy verified Arouri\u2019s death based on communications\u2064 with the Israeli government.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019m very \u2062happy,\u201d Levy told the press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING:<\/p>\n<p>Israel uses a\u200b drone\u200b to\u200b wipe out\u200d senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri and a \u200bnumber of aides as \u2064they were meeting with Hezbollah officials in Beirut, Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas can\u2019t run, they can\u2019t hide.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has promised to strike them wherever they are <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZiWUqF7cN2\">pic.twitter.com\/ZiWUqF7cN2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Visegr\u00e1d 24 \u2064(@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visegrad24\/status\/1742231989057384499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts \u2063directly to your\u200b inbox for free. \u200bSubscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Red Sea sees another escalation as tensions in \u200cthe Middle East continue to\u200c rise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Monica Rodriguez takes a look at the real meaning behind \u201ccognitive \u200bsecurity\u201d and how the illegitimate government is weaponizing it against American citizens.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Anthony \u2062Watson<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple \u200cfell nearly 3% to \u200ba seven-week low after Barclays downgraded the \u2063shares on concerns demand for \u200cits devices will remain weak \u2063in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin galloped past $45,000 for the first time \u200bsince April 2022, buoyed by\u2062 optimism around the possible approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-agenda-targeting-youth-in-america\/\" title=\"Transgender Agenda Focusing on American Youth\">exchange-traded spot bitcoin \u2064funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22,\u2063 2023 \u2013 6:05\u200d AM PST \u2063HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2064\u2013\u2064 Chinese regulators\u200c announced\u2062 on Friday a\u2062 wide range of rules\u200b aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the main\u200b bottlenecks for Tesla is the speed it\u200b can\u200c make\u2063 the 4680 batteries \u200dused in the Cybertruck with its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-vet-defends-beheading-satanic-statue\/\" title=\"Navy vet supports beheading Satanic statue\">dry-coating technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What evidence is there\u2064 to support the suspected involvement of Saleh \u200dAl-Arouri in the terrorist attack\u2064 in Israel,\u200b and how \u2064does his death affect ongoing investigations into the attack<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Deputy Leader of Hamas Killed in Israeli Air Strike<\/p>\n<p>On January 2,\u200c 2024, reports emerged stating that the \u200cdeputy leader of\u200b the\u2063 Gaza-based terrorist \u200dorganization Hamas, Saleh Al-Arouri,\u2064 was killed in an Israeli air\u200b strike. The news was initially reported by al-Mayadeen, a news broadcasting \u2062channel affiliated with \u2063Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>Saleh Al-Arouri was reportedly killed in \u2062the Beirut town of \u2063Dahieh, located in \u2062Lebanon. He was a\u200b key figure in\u2062 Hamas, \u200doverseeing \u2063the organization&#8217;s activities in the West Bank\u200b and being one of \u200cthe founders of its\u200b military wing.<\/p>\n<p>Following his death, Izzat al-Rishq, a senior Hamas official, made a statement condemning the Israeli\u200c strike and declaring that it would not deter the Palestinian people\u200b from their resistance efforts. Al-Rishq asserted \u200dthat the attack proved the failure of the enemy to achieve its goals in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli \u2062and United\u2063 States national security officials had suspected \u2063Al-Arouri\u2064 of being involved in\u2064 the financing and training of Hamas \u200bmembers\u200d responsible\u200b for a terrorist \u200battack in Israel on \u2062October 7th, 2023, \u200dwhich resulted in numerous deaths and hostage abductions. With a $5 million bounty on his \u2064head, Al-Arouri had become a \u200csignificant target\u2063 for Israeli \u2062authorities.<\/p>\n<p>However, Israeli officials have not yet commented on the \u200dalleged strike, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have\u200d also \u200bremained silent on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Arouri,\u200c who was based in Lebanon, was widely regarded as the de facto\u200d head of Hamas&#8217; armed \u200dwing in the West Bank.\u200d In recent\u2064 years, he had been traveling frequently, working in \u200cQatar and Turkey before establishing\u200c a Hamas training facility in Lebanon for Islamic extremist members.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli \u2064Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had previously instructed the Mossad, Israel&#8217;s top intelligence agency, to locate and neutralize the heads of Hamas \u200cfollowing the October 7th attack. It remains \u2062to be seen\u2062 whether Al-Arouri&#8217;s death was a result of this \u200cdirective.<\/p>\n<p>Udi Levy, the former head of \u200deconomic warfare for Mossad, has\u200b expressed\u200c satisfaction \u200dwith Al-Arouri&#8217;s death. Levy\u200c compared the \u200bsearch \u200cfor Al-Arouri to the American search\u200d for Osama bin Laden post-9\/11, emphasizing the danger posed by individuals like him.<\/p>\n<p>While the news of Saleh Al-Arouri&#8217;s death has been widely reported, official confirmation from Israeli authorities is \u2063yet to be\u2064 obtained. The circumstances surrounding his death and \u200dthe implications it\u200b will have \u200dfor Hamas and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remain to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters and civil defense are at a damaged building in Dahiyeh, Beirut. It was allegedly hit by an Israeli drone strike on Jan 2, 2024. Hamas confirmed the death of Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of its political bureau, and two other officials. 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