Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Saleh Al-Arouri, was assassinated as a result of being targeted by a drone in the southern suburb of Beirut, according to what Lebanese media reported this evening.

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced that Israel assassinated Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of its political bureau, and two leaders of the Al-Qassam Brigades, in an attack on a building in the southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday evening.

The Lebanese News Agency reported, “Saleh Al-Arouri and 3 others were assassinated, and 11 people were wounded in the hostile raid on the Hamas office in the suburb.”

According to the Lebanese News Agency, a hostile Israeli drone targeted an office of the Hamas movement in Musharrafieh, south of Beirut.

Meanwhile, sources in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, reported today, Tuesday, that an explosion was heard in the southern suburb.

A member of the Hamas political bureau, Izzat al-Rishq, said, “The cowardly assassinations carried out by the Zionist occupation against the leaders and symbols of our Palestinian people inside and outside Palestine will not succeed in breaking the will and steadfastness of our people, or undermining the continuation of their valiant resistance, It proves once again the abject failure of this enemy to achieve any of its aggressive goals in the Gaza Strip.”

Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed newspaper quoted Hezbollah MP Hussein Jashi as saying, “Hezbollah will respond to the assassination, and this is settled, and matters remain to be determined.”

He pointed out that "The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, confirmed that any targeting of any figure in Lebanon, regardless of his nationality, will be responded to."

He stated, "Hezbollah is still trying to keep things within the rules of engagement, but the Israelis are working to expand (that) and the Americans are curbing it."

The government media office in the Gaza Strip said that Israel's assassination of Al-Arouri was "an expected crime that will not stop the resistance."

The Director-General of the Office, Ismail Al-Thawabta, added in a brief statement, “Al-Arouri is considered a great and lofty national figure, and has a solid reputation in serving the Palestinian cause, and we expected him to receive martyrdom because it befits him and his sacrifices.”

He pointed out that despite Al-Arouri's assassination, "the resistance continues and will not stop until the occupation ends."

In turn, Reuters said that it asked the Israeli army questions about the incident, but it responded that it “does not comment on foreign media reports.”

The Israeli government issued orders to its ministers, preventing them from giving press interviews about the assassination, while a member of the Knesset from the Likud Party headed by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Danny Danon, “blessed” the Israeli security services, wrote about the assassination, which he described as “successful.”

According to Reuters, Al-Arouri was a senior official in Hamas's political bureau, but he was known for his intense involvement in its military affairs.

Meanwhile, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted Israeli officials as saying that Al-Arouri's assassination was "a high-quality operation, and all Hamas leaders are doomed to death."

On the other hand, the Israeli Prime Minister's advisor told the American network MSNBC that Israel did not claim responsibility for the Beirut attack, indicating that the attack did not target the Lebanese government or Hezbollah.