(Amwaj.media-UK) An Israeli drone strike targeted an office of Hamas in Dahiyeh, a Beirut suburb known as home to many supporters of Hizbullah. The killing of senior Hamas military commander Saleh Al-Arouri comes barely a week after the killing in Damascus of Iran's most influential military commander in the region, Seyed Radhi Mousavi. With these attacks, Israel could be sending a message to Tehran that it is capable of targeting any person - no matter how senior - who has a say in the coordination among Iran-backed groups in the region. Arouri was in charge of Hamas operations in the West Bank. He was also responsible for coordination between Hamas and Hizbullah and Iran, and had visited Tehran more than half a dozen times in recent years. Arouri developed special relationships with both Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Saeed Azadi, the Iranian Quds Force commander responsible for the Palestinian dossier.
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