The Palestinian Islamist Movement Hamas today announced the deaths of one of its commanders in an Israeli blow to Sidon in South Lebanon, while Israel confirmed that it “eliminated” it.

The blow occurred despite the ceasefire agreed at the end of November after two months of war between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist Movement of Hezbollah, which is Hamas’s allied.

According to Hamas, “Commander Haled Ahmad al -Ahmad” of the movement, who was killed in an Israeli blow, “testified” as he went to pray at Dawn “in Sidon.

The Lebanese National News Agency Ani had earlier reported that a man had lost his life in an Israeli blow that targeted “Dawn car (…) near the imam Ali mosque in the city of Sidon”.

According to a photojournalist of the AFP in the area, the blow caused a hole on the roof of the car.

The Israeli army confirmed that it “hit the Sidon region” and “eliminated terrorist Haled Ahmad al -Ahmad, head of the Hamas Western Brigade in Lebanon”, who “has committed many terrorist attacks against Israelis”.

Israel has been in war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian Islamist movement carried out an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, triggering a devastating Israeli military operation in Palestinian.

Hezbollah then opened a front with Israel by throwing rockets from South Lebanon, her stronghold, in support of the Palestinians.

Israel conducted heavy bombings in Lebanon in September, mainly against Hezbollah’s stronghold.

A ceasefire between the two sides came into force on November 27, but the Israeli army often attacks Lebanon, saying that he is targeting Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure, which has been largely weakened by war.

Some Israeli blows are also targeted by members of Hamas in Lebanon. On April 4, Israel announced that it had killed a Hamas commander in Sidon.

In recent days, the Lebanese army has announced that Hamas had handed over three members, who are suspected of being launched rockets to Israel in March, a few days after Lebanon’s warning to the Palestinian Islamist movement against any violation.

Last month, the Lebanese army had arrested, according to a source in security forces, three Hamas members who were suspected of engaging in the fire incident in March, for which no organization has taken responsibility.

Lebanon is mainly pressured by the US and France, guarantors of the ceasefire agreement, to force Israel to stop its attacks and to withdraw from five border positions in which it has remained. The Lebanese state assures that it respects its commitments and accuses Israel of not doing the same.