A HAMAS boss who led its terrorists in Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin died alongside his wife, son, and daughter in a blast that targeted their house in a Palestinian refugee camp in the city of Tyre.
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It comes Israel escalates hostilities against Iran’s allies in the Middle East – amid fears the region could be on the brink of all-out war.
Israeli tanks have been seen massed on its northern border with Lebanon as military chiefs appear to gear up for a land invasion against Hezbollah.
In a separate strike in the early hours of Monday, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said three of its leaders were killed in Beirut’s Kola district.
It is the first attack within the city limits.
The death toll across Lebanon has now topped 1,000 as Israel ramps up strikes against Hezbollah.
Hassan Nasrallah – Hezbollah’s terror boss – was killed on Friday when Israel hammered a suburb of Beirut with dozens of airstrikes targeting the group’s HQ.
Israeli strikes ripped through the 64-year-old’s underground bunker – eliminating the firebrand Secretary-General after a 32-year reign.
Hezbollah has also confirmed that Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of its Central Council, was killed Saturday.
He is the seventh senior Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strikes in little over a week.
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