Israel strike in Beirut kills Hamas leader; ready for any land invasion: Hezbollah

Hours before Hezbollah's Qassem spoke, Hamas said an Israeli airstrike killed its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, along with his wife, son and daughter in the southern city of Tyre on Monday. Israeli air force said: "Overnight ... the IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Fatah Sharif, head of the Lebanon branch in the Hamas terrorist organisation," the military said in a statement.