Hamas' chief: Assassinating al-Arouri is "terrorist act" and violation of Lebanon's sovereignty

Hamas' chief Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday said that assassinating Hamas' top official Saleh al-Arouri in an Israeli strike in Beirut is "terrorist act," a violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and an expansion of Israel's hostility against Palestinians.

Haniyeh, in a televised speech, mourned al-Arouri and two leaders of Al Qassam Brigades, Samir Findi Abu Amer and Azzam Al-Aqraa Abu Ammar, who were killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh.