SIDON, Lebanon: Israel killed a commander of Palestinian fighters group Hamas today in a pre-dawn strike in the Lebanese port city of Sidon that also killed his adult son and daughter.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the strike as a "flagrant attack on Lebanese sovereignty" and a breach of the Nov 27 ceasefire with Israel.

"Overnight, the (army and the domestic security agency Shin Bet) conducted a targeted strike in the Sidon area, eliminating Hassan Farhat, commander of Hamas' western arena in Lebanon," the Israeli military said in a statement.

It said that Farhat had orchestrated multiple attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians during the hostilities that followed the outbreak of war in Gaza in October 2023.

They included rocket fire on the Israeli town of Safed on Feb 14, 2024 that killed an Israeli soldier, the military added.

Hamas's military wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, confirmed in a statement released in Gaza that Farhat had been killed in the strike along with his son Hamza, who was also a member, and his adult daughter Jenan.