New Details on the Murder of Al-Arouri: Warplane and 100 kg Missiles

A prominent Lebanese security source confirmed to Agence France-Presse on Wednesday that the bombing that led to the death of Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri and six others in the southern suburbs of Beirut was carried out using "guided missiles" fired from an Israeli warplane. The informed security source explained that "the assassination of Al-Arouri occurred through guided missiles launched by a warplane and not via a drone." The source relied on two factors: first, "the accuracy of the strike, as a drone could not achieve such precision," and second, "the weight of the missiles, estimated at around 100 kilograms each." According to the Lebanese security source, the warplane fired six missiles, two of which did not explode. The source stated that two missiles penetrated the roof of two floors before directly hitting the location of a Hamas leaders' meeting. The source confirmed that the missiles used in the bombing on Tuesday are typically employed by Israeli warplanes, and Lebanese military agencies had previously observed similar missiles fired by Israeli aircraft in southern Lebanon following escalations along the border with Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza.