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Saleh Arouri was one of the founders of Hamas' military wing..
Lebanon's Hezbollah group said that top Hamas official Saleh Arouri was killed in an explosion in a southern Beirut suburb..
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and was carried out by an Israeli drone after an explosion shook the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs..
Videos circulating widely on social media showed serious damage and fire after the explosion which came during more than two months of heavy exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah along Lebanon's southern border..
Earlier, Hezbollah said its fighters carried out several attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border targeting Israeli military posts..
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