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Saleh al-Arouri’s Beirut killing takes out key Hamas link with Iran, Hezbollah

File photo of Saleh al-Arouri taken during a reconciliation deal signing ceremony in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017. © Amr Abdallah Dalsh, Reuters file photo

Saleh al-Arouri, the senior Hamas official killed in a suspected Israeli strike in the suburbs of Beirut, played a crucial role in building up the Palestinian group's military capabilities and maintaining its links with regional allies.

Arouri, 57, was one of the founders of Hamas's armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, in the early 1990s.

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