Unrwa says assassinated Hamas leader in Lebanon was former employee

The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees confirmed that Hamas’s assassinated leader in Lebanon, Fateh al Sharif was an employee of the agency.

Unrwa said on Monday that Sharif was employee, but was put on administrative leave without pay in March. The organisation said it was investigating him following accusations “about his political activities”.

Sharif was killed along with his wife, son, and daughter, in an Israeli airstrike against on their home in the al-Buss refugee camp in South Lebanon near Tyre.

Hamas acknowledged Sharif was its leader. In a statement, Israel’s military said he oversaw political and military Hamas activities in Lebanon.