(JNS) A senior Hamas member was killed on Wednesday, March 13 by an Israeli drone strike, according to the IDF. The terrorist was identified as Hadi Ali Mustafa, who the IDF said had advanced attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world. Mustafa was eliminated while traveling in the area of Tyre, on the Mediterranean coast of Southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese government’s National News Agency reported that in addition to the “Palestinian martyr,” a Syrian national passing by Mustafa’s vehicle on a motorcycle was also killed, and two others were wounded.

In a statement, the IDF described Mustafa as “a significant operative in Hamas’s department responsible for its international terrorist activities. In his position, Hadi directed terrorist cells and activities in the field, and advanced terror attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets in various countries around the world.”

The army said that Mustafa operated under the direction of Samir Fendi, the commander of Hamas’s military wing in Lebanon, who was killed alongside Hamas deputy political chief Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut in January, along with Azam al-Aqra, a high-ranking member of the terrorist group’s Syria operations, and four other Hamas members.