STORY: Hamas official killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon
SHOOTING TIME: May 18, 2024
DATELINE: May 19, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:23
LOCATION: Beirut
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of smoke after Israeli shelling on the outskirts of Naqoura in southern Lebanon
2. various of smoke after Israeli shelling on the outskirts of Yaroun in southern Lebanon
3. various of local residents repairing damages caused by Israeli attack on the coastal city of Tyre, Lebanon

STORYLINE:

A Hamas member was killed and two other people injured in what appeared to be a targeted Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Friday, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.
   
The sources, who spoke anonymously, said an Israeli drone followed a four-wheel drive vehicle that was driving in the town of Rashaya, fired two air-to-surface missiles at it, burning the car and killing its driver, Sharhabil al-Sayed, and seriously wounding his companion and a civilian who happened to be at the scene.
   
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas confirmed in a statement that al-Sayed was a member.
   
While inspecting the scene of the incident, a Hamas official in the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon, Mahmoud Baraka, vowed in a separate brief statement that the movement "will remain resistant until the complete liberation of Palestine."
   
Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas' attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beirut.
(XHTV)