BEIRUT: A Bomb blast wounded a member of the Palestinian group Hamas in the Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday, destroying his car as he was about to get in. The target, Mohamed Hamdan, was not a publicly known Hamas figure in Lebanon.
A statement from Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, confirmed he was a member of the group, without detailing his role, and said ?initial indications? suggested Israel was behind the bombing. There was no immediate comment from Israel. Al-Manar television, run by the Lebanese political and military group Hezbollah, described Hamdan as an important figure in Hamas, adding that he appeared to have a security role and was being tracked by Israel.
The blast took place around noon (1000 GMT), the Lebanese army said in a statement. Security forces sealed off the site of the explosion, in a northern residential district of Sidon, 40 km (25 miles) south of Beirut.The blast destroyed Hamdan´s silver BMW and sent a column of smoke into the sky, footage from the scene broadcast by Lebanese television stations showed. Fire fighters doused the vehicle.
01-15-2018, 08:41 AM
Bomb wounds Hamas member in Lebanon
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