A senior Hamas leader was killed by Israel in an explosion in Beirut, according to the Palestinian militant group, raising fresh concerns of a regional escalation of the war in Gaza. Hamas said Israel killed Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of the group’s politburo, who was known as the mastermind behind its armed wing in the West Bank. Bloomberg’s Patrick Sykes reports.
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