Israel says it killed the head of Hamas' military operations group in Lebanon in a drone strike. The strike Monday came as an Israeli official said that Israeli forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon near the border after Tuesday’s deadline for their full withdrawal.

The army said Muhammad Shaheen was the head of the operations department of Hamas in Lebanon and that he had recently been involved in promoting "terrorist plots" with Iranian direction and funding from Lebanese territory against Israeli citizens.

Israel says it killed the head of Hamas' military operations group in Lebanon in a drone strike. The strike Monday came on the eve of the deadline for Israel’s full

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.

Israel said it had conducted a drone attack on a Hamas official in the Lebanese city of Sidon.

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.