Hamas says its deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in a blast in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut.
He is said to have been among four people killed in an explosion at Hamas's office in Dahiyeh, one of the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs.
Al-Arouri was the deputy head of Hamas's political bureau and known to be deeply involved in its military affairs.
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