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Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri
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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.
Saleh al-Arouri was the deputy leader of the Hamas political bureau and one of the architects of the October 7 attacks. He was also responsible for the expansion of Hamas' activities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including attacks on Israelis. This attack was widely believed to have been carried out by Israel, Hamas' main adversary. However, Israel did not confirm its involvement in this incident until May 2025 when al-Arouri's name and photo was included in a publicity photo of Hamas leaders that were killed by Israel.
The assassination occurred a day before Hezbollah commemorated the fourth anniversary of the assassination (in Hezbollah's view, martyrdom) of senior Iranian IRGC military commander Qasem Soleimani.
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