Report: Hamas Deputy Political Chief Saleh al-Arouri Assassinated in Beirut

Multiple reports out of Beirut say that an IDF drone killed Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' Deputy Political Chief and coordinator of Hamas forces in the West Bank, along with three other men in the Hezbollah-controlled Dahiyeh suburb in Beirut.

Al-Arouri was notorious for coordinating terror attacks, including kidnapping efforts, against Israeli Jews in Judea and Samaria. The American government had already put a price on his head of $5 million, and after October 7, the IDF seized his home in Ramallah and turned it into an IDF command post.

Boris Zilberman, Director of Public Policy and Strategy for Christians United for Front, wrote on Arouri's importance as a Hamas operative and a target for Israel in a thread two months ago: