A Hamas commander who worked with Hezbollah and directed the terror group’s activities in Lebanon was killed in an airstrike, Israeli officials said.

Fateh Sherif, the head of Hamas’ branch in Lebanon, was killed overnight, according to a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence service on Monday.

“Sherif was responsible for coordinating Hamas’ terrorist activities in Lebanon with Hezbollah operatives. “He was also responsible for Hamas’s efforts in Lebanon to recruit militants and obtain weapons,” officials said. “He led the Hamas terrorist organization’s troop buildup in Lebanon and worked to advance Hamas’ interests in Lebanon both politically and militarily.”

The officials added that Sherif was “an accredited UNRWA member and head of the UNRWA teachers union in Lebanon.” Some members of the UN aid agency are accused of involvement in the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, which triggered the war in Gaza.

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A Lebanese police officer examines damaged apartments hit by an Israeli airstrike early Monday, September 30, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla)

The attack targeted Sherif at his home in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, Reuters reports, citing Hamas.

It came as another terrorist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said three of its leaders were killed in an airstrike that hit the upper floor of an apartment building in Beirut, according to Reuters.

Israeli officials said Monday that they “will continue to take action against anyone who poses a threat to the civilian population of the State of Israel.”

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Women walk past damaged vehicles where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Beirut early Monday. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Over the weekend, the Israeli military said it killed Nabil Qaouk, deputy chairman of Hezbollah’s Central Council, just days after an IDF strike killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

On Monday, Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Qassem announced that the terror group was ready to defend itself against any Israeli ground operation in Lebanon.

People listen to a speech by Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem, broadcast on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television channel, at a barbershop in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 30. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

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“We will face every possibility and are ready if the Israelis decide to invade by land and the resistance forces are ready for a ground fight,” Reuters quoted him as saying.

Fox News’ Yael Rotem-Kuriel and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.