Thousands attend the funeral of a top Hamas official killed in an apparent Israeli strike in Beirut

Published January 4, 2024 8:00 AM

By FADI TAWIL and BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets of Beirut for the funeral of a top Hamas commander, Saleh Arouri, who was killed earlier this week in an apparent Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital. Draped in Palestinian and Hamas flags, Arouri’s coffin along with those of two of his comrades were first taken Thursday to a Beirut mosque for prayers before being carried for burial at a cemetery for fallen Palestinian fighters. Lebanese officials and state media said an Israeli drone fired two missiles Tuesday at an apartment in Beirut’s southern Musharafieh district that is a stronghold of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah group instantly killing Arouri along with six other Hamas members.

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