Israel says it killed the head of Hamas' military operations group in Lebanon in a drone strike. The strike Monday came as Israel said its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon near the border after Tuesday’s deadline for their full withdrawal.

Hamas says it will release six living Israeli hostages instead of three on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday.

Chief of Hamas operations in Lebanon, Mohammed Shaheen, was being funded by Iran to advance attacks on Israelis, military says The post IDF: Strike in Lebanon’s Sidon kills top Hamas commander planning terror attacks appeared first on The Times of Israel.

An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Monday killed the head of the militant Hamas group in the country, Israel's military said. The strike came on the eve of the deadline for Israel’s full withdrawal from southern Lebanon under the ceasefire agreement that ended the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Gaza Senior Hamas commander Mohammed Shaheen was killed on Monday in a strike in the southern city of Sidon, the Israeli army said, a day before the deadline for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon under a fragile ceasefire.