Amin, Hamas' leader in Lebanon, was killed in an Israeli air strike, according to the militant group, the latest notable death.

Israel has hit targets across Lebanon and killed 1,030 people over the past week according to the country's Health Ministry, as Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure including the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

While Israel has not commented on these specific strikes, tensions have surged across Lebanon, with Israeli forces conducting frequent air raids targeting Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s suburbs.

STORY: Hamas announced that an Israeli strike killed its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, on Monday ( 29).Meanwhile - the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) reported that three of its leaders were killed in a strike on Beirut's Kola district.

JERUSALEM -- Israel confirmed on Monday the killing of Fateh Sherif, the leader of Hamas in Lebanon, during an Israeli raid in southern Lebanon.

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says a top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon Monday was one of its employees but had been suspended since allegations of his ties to the militant group emerged

The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) chief on Monday denied knowing that its employee Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was a Hamas commander in Lebanon and called on states to push back against Israeli attacks on the agency.

A U.N. human rights group confirmed Hamas’ leader in Lebanon recently killed by Israeli strikes was their employee.

A United Nations worker who served as Hamas’ regional chief was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on Monday, along with three leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group,