Islamist leader among two dead in air strikes on Lebanon
The Hindu
Israeli strike kills Hamas-aligned leader in Lebanon, escalating tensions despite November truce, with ongoing conflict and casualties.
A leader from Hamas-aligned Jamaa Islamiya was killed Tuesday (April 22, 2025) in an Israeli strike, the Lebanese Islamist group and Israel's military said, as the health ministry reported another dead in a separate raid.
Israel has continued to carry out regular strikes on Lebanon despite a November truce with militant group Hezbollah that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities between the foes including two months of all-out war.
Lebanon's civil defence said "an Israeli drone targeted a car" near the coastal town of Damour, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Beirut, and rescuers recovered a man's body.
Jamaa Islamiya in a statement announced the death of Hussein Atwi, calling him "an academic leader and university professor" and saying an Israeli drone strike "targeted his car as he was travelling to his workplace in Beirut".
The Israeli army said the air force had "eliminated" Atwi, calling him "a significant terrorist in the Jamaa Islamiya terrorist organisation".
A Lebanese security official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, said Atwi was a leader of Jamaa Islamiya's armed wing, the Al-Fajr Forces.
The official said Israel had previously targeted Atwi during its recent war with Hezbollah.
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