Daif Mohammad was the most wanted Palestinian military leader by the state of Israel.
GAZA(Special Correspondent);Hamas Loses Another Senior Leader in Israeli Airstrike, Israel has killed another top leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in an airstrike, following the killing of Ismail Haniyeh. The attack has raised tension in the area and is a continuance of Israel’s mission to kill Hamas leaders.
One of the leaders killed was a senior figure from its military wing, and he has been identified as [name]. The airstrike took place in [location], with Hamas later confirming that the leader had been killed.
This is the latest development amidst ongoing violence in Gaza, where both Israel and Hamas have been exchanging fire over the past few days. The situation remains volatile, with fears of further escalation.
The international community expressed its concern over the rising tensions, demanding restraint and calling for a return to diplomacy with an end to the conflict in sight.
This here, the killing of another top Hamas leader, will have far-reaching implications for the region and will only add to the troubles between Israel and Palestine.
Commander Mohammed Deif is well and directly overseeing” the operations of the Hamas military wing, the official told AFP news agency.
Israel said bombing of the al-Mawasi camp, a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza, was aimed at killing Deif, who has long topped Israel’s most wanted list.
In response to the Hamas claim, Israel’s Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi said in a televised statement on Sunday that Hamas is “concealing the results” of its air strike on a compound where Deif was allegedly hiding.
“It is still too soon to sum up the results of the attack, those which Hamas is trying to hide,” Halevi said.
Deif was one of the founders of Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the 1990s and has led the force for more than 20 years. He is also said to be a key figure who planned suicide bombings leading to the deaths of dozens of Israelis.
Israel identified him and Hamas’s Gaza leader, Yahya Sinwar, as the chief architects of the October 7 attack that killed at least 1,139 people in southern Israel and triggered its war on Gaza.
On the morning of October 7, Hamas had issued a rare voice recording of Deif announcing the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, signalling the attack was payback for Israeli raids at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site.
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Deif, 58, rarely speaks or appears in public. So when Hamas’s TV channel announced he was to speak on October 7, Palestinians in Gaza knew something significant was afoot.
Speaking in a calm voice in the recording, Deif said Hamas had repeatedly warned Israel to stop its crimes against Palestinians, to release the prisoners, and to halt its expropriation of Palestinian land.
“Today the rage of Al-Aqsa, the rage of our people and nation is exploding. Our mujahedeen [fighters], today is your day to make this criminal understand that his time has ended,” Deif said.
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