| Part of the Israel–Hamas war | |
  Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri (Beirut)  Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri (Lebanon)  Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri (Eastern Mediterranean) | |
| Date | 2 January 2024 |
|---|---|
| Location | Dahieh, Lebanon |
| Coordinates | 33°51′26″N 35°30′52″E / 33.857331°N 35.514419°E |
| Type | Drone attack or airstrike |
| Target | Saleh al-Arouri |
| Perpetrator |  Israel[1] (presumed) |
| Deaths | 7[2] |
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On 2 January 2024, Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy leader of Hamas, was killed in an Israeli strike on an office in the Dahieh suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. The strike also killed six other individuals, including additional high-ranking Hamas militants.[3][4]
Saleh al-Arouri was the deputy leader of the Hamas political bureau and one of the architects of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.[5] He was also responsible for the expansion of Hamas' activities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including attacks on Israelis.[6][7][8] This attack is widely believed to have been carried out by Israel, Hamas' main adversary. However, Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in this incident.[9][10]
The assassination occurred a day before Hezbollah commemorated the fourth anniversary of the assassination (in Hezbollah's view, Martyrdom) of senior Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.[11]
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- ^ "نصرالله يطل في ذكرى سليماني فكيف سيرد على تهديدات إسرائيل وتطبيق القرار 1701؟" [Nasrallah appears at Soleimani's memorial. How will he respond to Israel's threats and the implementation of Resolution 1701?]. Al-Quds (in Arabic). 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.