Saleh al-Arouri is the most senior Hamas figure killed since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.

The deputy head of Hamas, the Palestinian group which rules Gaza, has been killed in a blast in Lebanon, a senior Hamas official has told the BBC.

Local media said Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli drone attack in the south of the capital, Beirut.

At least three other people were reportedly also killed in the incident. Israel has not commented.

  • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    148·
    11 months ago

    Can someone ELI5 how come when Israel is killing people abroad it is all OK but when Russia is doing the same everyone is outraged?

    I mean what happened with international law, the right of every human being of getting a fair trial, and you know other pretty basic human rights?

    • jas0n@lemmy.worldEnglish
      510·
      11 months ago

      Russia has gone full conventional invasion. This was a single drone strike. It is more equivalent to Ukraine sending teams to Africa to fight Wagner (this is actually happening by the way).

      • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
        82·
        11 months ago

        I am talking about the poisoning of Scripal for example, but there were also other notable killings. And the international outcry after that was enormous and now is more like shrugging off shoulders, I don’t see anyone really objecting to the impunity Israel is having in those cases. And that’s what I call double standards.

        • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          The way they tried to assassinate Skripal put the general public into a panic over radioactivity poisoning, and people are fucking outraged over Israeli terrorism. Maybe it’s time to find some new circles.