Saleh al-Arouri: assassinated leader was Hamas’s link to Iran and Hezbollah
by Jason Burke International security correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6HHWG)
Arouri had talked with Hezbollah of real victory' over Israel after 7 October attacks
The killing of Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut is the first strike in a campaign of assassinations overseas promised by Israeli officials for several months.
The target was carefully chosen - one of the most senior Hamas leaders and the organisation's main link to Iran and the Lebanon-based militia Hezbollah. Arouri was also influential in the occupied West Bank, where he was born and where violence has soared in recent months.
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