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Hamas announces martyrdom of its leader in Lebanon in Israeli airstrike

Monday, 30 September 2024 7:54 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 30 September 2024 7:54 AM ]

Fateh al-Sharif, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas’s former leader in Lebanon

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has announced the martyrdom of its leader in Lebanon during an Israeli airstrike against the southern part of the country.

Fateh al-Sharif, "a member of the movement's leadership abroad," was assassinated during the attack that targeted the al-Bass refugee camp in the city of Tyre on Monday, the group announced

The atrocity also claimed the lives of his wife, son, and daughter, it added.

Sharif also used to serve as the president of the Teachers' Union of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.

Head of the Teachers' Union at UNRWA in Lebanon Fateh Al-Sharif, along with his wife, son and daughter were murdered in an Israeli airstrike that struck their home in the Al-Bass refugee camp in Sour, southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/ehkf4DVcg4
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Hamas hailed him for his track record "in the education sector" and praised him as "a brilliant teacher."

Sharif’s assassination came as part of the Israeli regime’s October-present military escalation against Lebanon, which took a significantly deadlier turn earlier this month.

On Friday, the regime launched intense airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, assassinating Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, besides causing hundreds of other casualties.

Various resistance groups and regional officials have warned that the regime was seeking to turn Lebanon into another Gaza, where it has killed more than 41,500 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since October 7.