Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on the city of Sidon (Lebanon), killing senior Hamas commander Mohammed Shaheen, stated the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), according to The Times of Israel. The IDF claims that Shaheen was the chief of Hamas operations in Lebanon.

The strike comes as Israel is expected to remain in certain Lebanese positions, despite the ceasefire agreement ordering it to withdraw

An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Monday killed the head of Hamas' military operations in the country, Israel's army said. The strike came on the eve of the deadline for Israel’s full withdrawal from southern Lebanon under the ceasefire agreement that ended the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah.

A Hamas military commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Sidon city in southern Lebanon on Monday, the military said. A military statement said that Mohammad Shahin was killed in a drone strike on a car in the coastal city in a joint operation by the army and the Shin Bet domestic security service.

An Israeli airstrike killed two policemen east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Hamas-run interior ministry said in a statement, calling it a

The Israeli military said it killed a Hamas commander in an air strike in southern Lebanon on Monday, accusing him of planning attacks against Israel from Lebanese territory.

Under a truce brokered by Washington in November, Israeli troops were granted 60 days to withdraw from southern Lebanon where they had waged a ground offensive against fighters from Iran-backed Hezbollah since early October.

The Israeli army will keep soldiers in five different locations in southern Lebanon despite a deadline for a full withdrawal expiring on Tuesday.

At least one person was killed on Monday in an Israeli strike on a car in the southern city of Saida, a day before the deadline for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon under a fragile ceasefire. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Sunday that it was the recently-formed Lebanese government's responsibility to ensure that the Israeli army withdraws

Hezbollah said on Sunday that Israeli troops must withdraw from Lebanese territory in full by a February 18 deadline, saying it had "no pretext" to maintain a military presence in any post in southern Lebanon.