The Hamas terrorist organization said on Monday that its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Tyre area in the south of the country.
Several of his family members were also killed in the attack, according to the Gaza-based group.
🔴 Fateh Sherif, Head of the Lebanon Branch in the Hamas terrorist organization, was eliminated in a precise IAF strike.
Sherif was responsible for coordinating Hamas’ terror activities in Lebanon with Hezbollah operatives, as well as Hamas’ efforts in Lebanon to recruit… pic.twitter.com/nEwIdOnp6o
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 30, 2024
Three PFLP terrorists killed in Beirut
Also on Monday, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) announced that three of its terror operatives were killed in an Israel airstrike overnight Sunday in Beirut.
The strike targeted the upper floor of an apartment building in a residential neighborhood of the Kola district in the center of the Lebanese capital, according to Lebanese media reports.
It is believed to be the first such strike outside of Beirut’s Dahiyeh district since the current conflict with Hezbollah began. Another attack in the Hezbollah stronghold neighborhood was reported on Monday morning.
The PFLP, which is based in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, identified the targets of the attack as its military security chief Mohammad Abdel-Aal, military commander Imad Odeh and another member, Abdelrahman Abdel-Aal.
Israel has not confirmed its involvement in either the Hamas or PFLP strikes.
However, the IDF reported overnight that it was striking Hezbollah terror targets in the Bekaa area deep in Lebanese territory.
On Monday morning, the military announced the interception of a UAV that had entered Israel’s economic waters off the northern coast.
Also, the IDF said overnight that it had intercepted a suspicious aerial target that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, triggering alarms in Ramot Naftali due to the possibility of falling shrapnel from the interception.
On Monday morning, the Lebanese National News Agency reported a drone strike on a vehicle near the village of Arzon in the Tsur region. The Saudi Al-Hadath channel reported casualties.
Israel puts conditions on potential Hezbollah ceasefire
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has told his counterparts in 25 countries that enforcing United Nations Resolution 1701 is the only way that Jerusalem will agree to a truce with the Iranian-backed terror army.
According to the Kan News report on Monday morning, Katz conveyed the message in the last two days following Friday’s targeted killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.
“The only way acceptable to Israel to stop the fire is to push Hezbollah north of the Litani River and disarm them,” Katz told other foreign ministers, including those from Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Canada.
“Only the full implementation of all U.N. Security Council resolutions regarding Lebanon will bring about a ceasefire. As long as this does not happen, Israel will continue its actions to ensure the safety of Israeli citizens and the return of the northern residents to their homes,” he said.
Additionally, Katz told his counterparts that the Nasrallah assassination one of the most justified counter-terrorism operations that Israel has ever carried out, noting that Nasrallah was planning attacks on the Jewish state.
He also echoed remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. General Assembly in New York last week, stating that if Iran attacks Israel, Jerusalem will retaliate.
(JNS)
