Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon kills Hamas leader and his family

A Hamas military wing chief in Lebanon was killed in a rare Israeli bombing near the country's northernmost city, Tripoli.

As Israeli air attacks continue on the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Palestinian armed group reports that a Hamas leader, his wife, and their two daughters have been murdered in an Israeli strike on northern Lebanon.

The "Zionist bombardment of his house in the Beddawi camp," which is close to the northern city of Tripoli, claimed the lives of Commander Saeed Attallah Ali and his family on Saturday.

Atallah Ali, a commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was confirmed dead by the organization.

"A senior member of (the) Hamas Military Wing in Lebanon," Saeed Atallah Ali "carried out terrorist attacks against Israeli targets and worked to recruit Hamas operatives inside Lebanon," according to a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli intelligence organization Shin Bet.

Since the confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, Tripoli, the second-largest city in Lebanon, is thought to have escaped attacks. Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut and the country's south have been the main targets of Israel's assaults.

In recent weeks, Israel has targeted Hamas officials in Lebanon on many occasions, resulting in the deaths of multiple key leaders of the organization. Hamas said that in the last several weeks, eighteen of its top commanders had died.

Regarding the strike near the port city of Tripoli, the Israeli military remained silent at first.

Explosions were also audible in the southern suburbs of Beirut early on Saturday. It was unknown how many of the inhabitants in the Dahiyeh neighborhood were able to flee despite reports that Israel had sent warnings to the locals before the attacks.