Israelis eliminate Hamas big

Lebanon drone hit

An Israeli drone strike took out a “significant” Hamas operative in Lebanon Wednesday, military officials said.

The Israel Defense Forces released video of what it said was a strike on Hadi Ali Mustafa while he was in a car on a road on the outskirts of Tyre.

Mustafa was a “significant” terrorist who had orchestrated attacks against Jews around the world, according to the IDF.

Israel would “continue to operate against Hamas in every area in which it operates,” its military wrote on X.

Hamas confirmed the death, saying Mustafa was part of its Qassam Brigades military wing.

The airstrike, which also killed a passing motorcyclist and injured two other people, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency, was the latest attack on Hamas and Hezbollah targets in the country, as Israel’s offensive expands beyond Gaza.

The Israel military also took out Hamas commander Mohammad Abu Hasna on Wednesday during an airstrike on a UN food distribution center in southern Gaza. It said Hasna was a Hamas militant who provided intelligence to the group on Israeli troops’ positions and stole humanitarian aid for Hamas terrorists.

Hamas said Abu Hasna was a member of its police force and condemned his killing as a “cowardly assassination” meant to disrupt aid distribution.

Dueling airstrikes

The strikes came a day after a two Israeli airstrikes deep in Lebanon killed a Hezbollah member and one other person while injuring 20 others.

That barrage was retaliation for rocket strikes the militants launched at Israeli troops earlier Tuesday.

As attacks expanded beyond Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has resisted calls to reign in his military campaign, which has killed more than 30,000 people, according to officials controlled by Hamas.

Netanyahu has claimed that some 13,000 of those people are Hamas terrorists behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that left some 1,200 dead.