TOPSHOT - Lebanese civil defence members spray with water the street by the building that was hit by an Israeli strike targeting Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri in the southern suburb of Beirut on January 3, 2024. Aruri was killed on January 2 along with his bodyguards in a strike by Israel, which has vowed to destroy Hamas after the movement's shock October 7 attacks. Israel has previously announced the deaths in Gaza of Hamas commanders and officials during the war, but Aruri is the most high-profile figure to be killed, and his death came in the first strike on the Lebanese capital since hostilities began. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Die Angst, dass sich der Gaza-Krieg auf den ganzen Nahen Osten ausdehnt, bekommt durch die Tötung von Hamas-Topleader Saleh al-Arouri im Libanon neue Nahrung. Israel bemüht sich nicht übermäßig, seine mutmaßliche Urheberschaft zu verbergen, differenziert jedoch: Wer immer es gewesen sei, die Attacke habe nicht dem Libanon und nicht der Hisbollah gegolten, sagte ein israelischer Sprecher.