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The Israeli army said that it is "prepared for any scenario" after a strike in Beirut that killed Hamas's deputy chief, stoking fears the war in the Gaza Strip could boil over into wider regional conflict...
A high-level security official in Lebanon told AFP that Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in a strike by Israel, which has vowed to destroy Hamas after the movement's shock October 7 attacks...
Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari did not directly comment on the killing, but said afterwards that the military was in "very high state of readiness in all arenas, in defence and offence..
Israel has previously announced the deaths in Gaza of Hamas commanders and officials during the war, but Aruri is the most high-profile figure to be killed, and his death came in the first strike on the Lebanese capital since hostilities began...
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh also condemned the killing, and warned about the "risks and consequences that could follow", his office said.. Israeli strikes in neighbouring countries on groups acting in support of Hamas have fanned fears of a wider conflict...
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