and the combat fronts. he helped establish the group s military wing, the izz ad din al-qassam brigades. on october 7th, he was with ismail haniyeh, the head of hamas, watching footage of the deadly attacks in israel. al arouri was one of the most closely connected hamas officials to both iran and the iran backed hezbollah group in lebanon. he is seen here with iran s supreme leader, ali khamenei. this is his west bank house in his home town north of ramallah, destroyed by israel s military after october 7th. and this is ramallah tonight. hamas supporters mourning a leading figure and vowing revenge. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. former us president donald trump is appealing a decision by maine s top elections official to disqualify him from appearing on the republican presidential ballot there in this year s election.
officials to both iran and the iran backed hezbollah group in lebanon. he is seen here with iran s supreme leader, ali khamenei. this is his west bank house in his home town north of ramallah, destroyed by israel s military after october 7. and this is ramallah tonight. hamas supporters mourning a leading figure and vowing revenge. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. so who was the deputy hamas leader, saleh al arouri? i spoke with our arabic bilingual correspondent for egypt and the middle east sally nabil who interviewed al arouri back in 2021. thank you so much for being here. i must make saying it s deputy had saleh al arouri has been killed in a blast in beirut. you actually interviewed him back in 2021. can you give us a sense on who he was and what he told you? saleh al arouri is the deputy
it was condemned by the lebanese caretaker prime minister najib mikati, who said israel wanted to drag lebanon into a new phase of the conflict. israel has not said it was behind this attack, but government adviser mark regev made this point that whoever did it, this was not an attack on the lebanese state, but rather a surgical strike on hamas leadership. saleh al arouri was a senior hamas figure on both the political and the combat fronts. he helped establish the group s military wing, the izz ad din al-qassam brigades. on october seventh, he was with ismail haniyeh, the head of hamas, watching footage of the deadly attacks in israel. al arouri was one of the most closely connected hamas officials to both iran and the iran backed hezbollah group in lebanon. he is seen here with iran s supreme leader, ali khamenei. this is his west bank house in his home town north of ramallah, destroyed
on hamas leadership. saleh al arouri was a senior hamas figure on both the political and the combat fronts. he helped establish the group s military wing, the izz ad din al-qassam brigades. on october 7th, he was with ismail haniyeh, the head of hamas, watching footage of the deadly attacks in israel. al arouri was one of the most closely connected hamas officials to both iran and the iran backed hezbollah group in lebanon. he is seen here with iran s supreme leader, ali khamenei. this is his west bank house in his home town north of ramallah, destroyed by israel s military after october 7th. and this is ramallah tonight. hamas supporters mourning a leading figure and vowing revenge. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. the president of harvard university has announced her resignation.
it was condemned by the lebanese caretaker prime minister najib mikati, who said israel wanted to drag lebanon into a new phase of the conflict. israel has not said it was behind this attack, but government adviser mark regev made this point that whoever did it, this was not an attack on the lebanese state, but rather a surgical strike on hamas leadership. saleh al arouri was a senior hamas figure on both the political and the combat fronts. he helped establish the group s military wing, the izz ad din al-qassam brigades. on october seventh, he was with ismail haniyeh, the head of hamas, watching footage of the deadly attacks in israel. al arouri was one of the most closely connected hamas officials to both iran and the iran backed hezbollah group in lebanon. he is seen here with iran s supreme leader, ali khamenei. this is his west bank house in his home town north of ramallah, destroyed