Israeli airstrike targets and eliminates Hamas commander in Lebanon, resulting in deaths of 3 Palestinian militant leaders in a separate attack. | News

A Hamas commander who labored alongside Hezbollah and led the terrorist group’s actions in Lebanon has been taken out in an airstrike, Israeli officers say. 

Fateh Sherif, the top of the Lebanon department of Hamas, was killed in a single day, in accordance with a joint assertion Monday from the Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s home safety company Shin Bet. 

“Sherif was responsible for coordinating Hamas' terror activities in Lebanon with Hezbollah operatives. He was also responsible for Hamas’ efforts in Lebanon to recruit operatives and acquire weapons,” officers stated. “He led the Hamas terrorist organization's force build-up efforts in Lebanon and operated to advance Hamas' interests in Lebanon, both politically and militarily.” 

The officers added that Sherif was “an accredited UNRWA member, and was the head of the UNRWA Teachers Union in Lebanon.” Some members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency are accused of taking part in Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on Israel, which started the conflict in Gaza.

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A Lebanese policeman appears at broken residences that have been hit by Israeli airstrike early Monday, Sept. 30, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla)

The strike focused Sherif inside his home in the southern Lebanon metropolis of Tyre, Reuters is reporting, citing Hamas. 

It unfolded as one other terrorist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, stated three of its leaders have been killed in an airstrike that hit the higher ground of an condominium constructing in Beirut, in accordance with Reuters. 

The Israeli officers stated Monday that they may “continue to operate against anyone who poses a threat to the civilians of the State of Israel.” 

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Women go broken automobiles the place an Israeli airstrike hit a constructing in Beirut early Monday. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Over the weekend, Israel’s navy stated it killed Nabil Qaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central Council – simply days after an IDF strike killed Hezbollah's chief, Hassan Nasrallah. 

On Monday, the deputy chief of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, introduced that the terrorist group is able to battle again towards any Israeli floor operation in Lebanon. 

People take heed to a speech by Hezbollah's deputy chief Naim Qassem, broadcast on Hezbollah's al-Manar tv channel, at a barber store in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, Sept. 30. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

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“We will face any possibility and we are ready if the Israelis decide to enter by land and the resistance forces are ready for a ground engagement,” Reuters quoted him as saying. 

Fox News’ Yael Rotem-Kuriel and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.