News - Middle East: Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds have held a general strike to mourn the assassination of the deputy head of Hamas politburo Saleh al-Arouri.

All businesses and services, including shops, banks, commercial facilities and public institutions were closed just a day after Israel killed al-Arouri in a drone strike in a building in al-Musharrafieh district in southern Beirut.
The Tel Aviv regime has not officially claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, which has already drawn widespread calls for protest rallies in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Partial cancellations also disrupted the transport activity in the West Bank.
“It was a cowardly crime, and especially here in Hebron it is sad, this city embraced Arouri for a long time. This strike demonstrates people's support for the resistance and their feelings against the occupation’s crimes in Gaza and in the West Bank,” a political activist from al-Khalil (Hebron) told the London-based Middle East Eye website.
“What happened shows that the occupation failed and did not achieve any success in Gaza, forcing them to go into Beirut instead. It was an organized war crime in our beloved Lebanon. We call on everyone all over the world to hold Israel accountable in international courts,” he added.