Israel says it has confirmed that chief of Hamas’ military wing was killed in a July strike in Gaza
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Israel believes that Mohammed Deif and Yahya Sinwar were the chief architects of the Oct. 7 attack that killed some 1,200 people.
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Mr. Deif, who had survived several previous Israeli assassination attempts, was the No. 2 Hamas leader in Gaza. Israel said it killed him in a strike last month in southern Gaza.
The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas' military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July.
Israel targeted Deif in a July 13 strike that hit a compound on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, but there had been no immediate confirmation Deif was killed.
By Dana Karni and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has said that one of the reported masterminds of the October 7 attacks, Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif, was killed in a strike it carried out in southern Gaza last month.
Israel said a strike last month killed Mohammed Deif, head of Hamas’ military wing - the third high-profile figure in Iran-backed militant groups to be killed in recent weeks, following the deaths of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and a senior Hezbollah commander.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Mohammed Deif, Hamas’ longtime shadowy military leader and one of the alleged masterminds of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, is said to be dead following an Israeli airstrike last month.
Israel's military says it killed Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif in Gaza weeks before the assassinations of 2 other leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Israel's military that it had confirmed the death of Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’ military wing, a day after its political leader was assassinated in Iran.
The Israeli military announced Thursday that Mohammed Deif, leader of Hamas’ military wing, was killed in an airstrike on July 13 in al-Mawasi, near Khan Younis, in Gaza.According to the military, intelligence received in the past few hours confirmed that Deif, believed by Israel to be a chief archi…
Israel's military says the commander of Hamas is dead. The announcement comes following a series of assassinations of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in the region.
The IDF said its fighter jets killed Hamas’ military chief in Gaza – Mohammed Deif – in a strike in Khan Yunis on July 13, in a statement released Thursday.
Israel's army confirmed on Thursday that Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an air strike last month in the southern Gaza Strip.The announcement came a day after Hamas and Iran said the Palestinian movement's chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran.
The fate of the leader, Muhammad Deif, who was a target in a bombardment that Gazan officials say killed at least 90 people, has been unclear. The announcement, which Hamas has not commented on, came as Iran held funeral prayers for another Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, whose death in a strike this …
