Hamas local leader Hassan Farhat who was assassinated by Israel on 4 April 2025 by Israel in Saida, southern Lebanon. (Photo circulating on social media networks)
BEIRUT — In the early hours of Friday morning, residents of the city of Saida in southern Lebanon were jolted awake by the blast of an Israeli airstrike, which targeted the house of Hamas local leader Hassan Farhat in the Dlaiaa neighborhood, in the heart of the city.Two explosions were heard around 3 a.m. The strike, which hit a fourth-floor apartment, blowing out its outer walls and engulfing it in flames, is the first reported Israeli strike in Saida since Feb. 17, when a drone strike killed senior Hamas commander Mohammad Chahine. Farhat was not the only one killed. His son, Hamza (also a Hamas member), and his daughter, Jinan, were also killed in the attack. According to Hamas, Farhat, nicknamed "Abu Yasser," was a commander of its military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades.Farhat hailed from the town of Al-Bassa, located in the now...
BEIRUT — In the early hours of Friday morning, residents of the city of Saida in southern Lebanon were jolted awake by the blast of an Israeli airstrike, which targeted the house of Hamas local leader Hassan Farhat in the Dlaiaa neighborhood, in the heart of the city.Two explosions were heard around 3 a.m. The strike, which hit a fourth-floor apartment, blowing out its outer walls and engulfing it in flames, is the first reported Israeli strike in Saida since Feb. 17, when a drone strike killed senior Hamas commander Mohammad Chahine. Farhat was not the only one killed. His son, Hamza (also a Hamas member), and his daughter, Jinan, were also killed in the attack. According to Hamas, Farhat, nicknamed "Abu Yasser," was a commander of its military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades.Farhat hailed from the town of Al-Bassa, located in the...
