Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza, on July 13, the Israeli military said Thursday, citing Reuters.
“The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) announces that on July 13, 2024, IDF fighter jets attacked the Khan Yunis area and after an intelligence assessment, it can be confirmed that Mohammed Deif was killed in the attack,” the military said.
Mohammed Deif was the commander of Hamas’s military wing and deputy commander of the Hamas organization in the Gaza Strip.
“Deif initiated, planned and carried out the October 7 massacre, during which 1,200 people were killed in southern Israel and 251 hostages were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said in a statement.