Hamas has confirmed the death of its military chief Mohammed Deif, whose killing Israel had announced last year in an air strike in Gaza.
“The Al-Qassam Brigades announce to our great people the martyrdom of a group of distinguished fighters and heroic commanders […] commander Mohammed Deif, chief of staff of the Al-Qassam Brigades (and) commander Marwan Issa, deputy chief of staff,” the armed wing of Hamas announced.
Israel had accused Deif of being one of the masterminds of the October 7 attack.
In July last year, the Israeli army had announced the targeting of Mohammed Deif.
A major airstrike was carried out by the Israeli army on a compound in al-Mawasi camp in Gaza. As a result, 90 Palestinian martyred and over 300 injured.
The Israeli army claimed that Mohammed Deif and Rafi Salama who were with him were martyred in this attack, but this claim was not confirmed by Hamas.
