Media: Israeli drone kills Hamas official near Tripoli

An Israeli strike has killed a Hamas representative in Lebanon, according to Lebanese state media.

The attack on March 5 marks the first known targeted killing of a member of the Palestinian group since US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered a broader regional war.

CBS News reported that the victim, Wassim Atallah al-Ali, was killed along with his wife when what Lebanese media described as a hostile drone targeted their home in a Palestinian refugee camp near the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon.

Lebanese outlets identified al-Ali as a senior Hamas official.

No immediate comment from Israeli authorities was mentioned in the reports.

By Tamilla Hasanova