The Hamas terror group on Monday morning reported that Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amin, a senior Hamas operative who was also employed in a senior UNRWA position in Lebanon, was killed in a strike.
According to the report, he was eliminated Monday morning in a "Palestinian refugee camp" in southern Lebanon. The report claimed that he was killed alongside his wife, son, and daughter.
The IDF later confirmed: "Overnight, during a joint IDF and ISA intelligence-based activity, the IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Fatah Sharif, Head of the Lebanon Branch in the Hamas terrorist organization."
"Sharif was responsible for coordinating Hamas' terror activities in Lebanon with Hezbollah operatives. He was also responsible for Hamas’ efforts in Lebanon to recruit operatives and acquire weapons.
"He led the Hamas terrorist organization's force build-up efforts in Lebanon and operated to advance Hamas' interests in Lebanon, both politically and militarily.
"The IDF and the ISA will to continue to operate against anyone who poses a threat to the civilians of the State of Israel."
Meanwhile, Lebanese media outlets on Sunday night reported that an explosion was heard in Beirut. Reuters reported that the explosion occurred in the al-Qula neighborhood.
Reports said that the attack targeted a residential apartment in the capital. Lebanon's NBN media outlet reported four killed in the strike. Al Hadath reported that the strike, believed to have been carried out by Israel, targeted an apartment belonging to former MP Najah Wakim.
Later, the PFLP announced that three of its senior terrorists had been killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut. The terror group named the three as Muhammad Abdel Aal, Imad Ouda, and Abdul Rahman Abdel Aal.
The Sunni Jemaah Islamiyah organization has denied previous reports that their Secretary General, Mohamed Takkoush, was eliminated in a Beirut strike.