[IsraelTimes] Death of Mehran Mustafa Bajur ‘significant blow’ to group’s Lebanese branch, says IDF
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday said it killed a “key Hamas terrorist” in a strike in Lebanon.
The Israeli airstrike in Lebanon’s northern coastal city of Tripoli on Tuesday afternoon killed Mehran Mustafa Bajur, a prominent Hamas commander, according to the IDF.
Lebanon’s health ministry said the strike on a vehicle “killed three people and wounded 13” in an area that is close to a Palestinian refugee camp. An AFP photographer saw a burned-out car surrounded by the emergency services and onlookers.
The IDF said Bajur had in recent years advanced numerous attacks on Israel, and, since the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, led rocket attacks from Lebanon on Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona and other Israeli cities.
“Bajur served as one of Hamas’s key commanders in Lebanon, and as part of his role, he spent years establishing Hamas’s military capabilities in Lebanon,” the IDF said in a statement.
“Additionally, he was one of the leaders responsible for the terror organizations’ force-buildup efforts, and facilitated the purchasing of weapons through his connections with other terrorist organizations in the area,” the statement added.
The IDF said Bajur’s death was a “significant blow” to the Gaza-based terror group’s activities in Lebanon. 
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