Israeli drone strike kills Hamas member in Lebanon

Lebanese army soldiers and rescue workers gather next to a damaged car after an Israeli strike, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. Picture: Mohammed Zaatari/AP

An Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed one person early on Wednesday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.

Security officials at the scene said the man killed in the port city of Sidon was a member of the Palestinian Hamas group.

Over the past 19 months, Israel’s military has targeted members of Hamas in Lebanon where the Palestinian group has a military presence.

The group has also carried out rocket attacks from Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7 2023, and in recent weeks Lebanese authorities detained several men linked to Hamas on suspicion of firing rockets toward Israel.

Lebanese authorities warned Hamas last week that it would face the “harshest measures” if it carried out any attacks from Lebanon.