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At least two people were detained and handed over to the Lebanese security authorities in connection with the assassination of a Hamas official, Hadi Mustafa, in southern Lebanon, Palestinian and Lebanese security sources told dpa on Friday. The pair are suspected of spying for Israel, the sources said. “After the cowardly assassination of the Qasami martyr Hadi Mustafa (Abu Shadi) … the factions and Islamic forces carried out vigorous field follow-up,” read to a statement by the Palestinian factions in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp near Tyre, Lebanon. The statement added that the individuals …