The Israeli army announced that the head of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza on July 13.
The Israeli army stated that it was able to confirm Deif’s death in Khan Younis through reliable information gathered in the last hours.
Hamas has not yet made any comment.
Deif was considered the “mastermind” of Hamas’s attack on October 7.
As one of the leading figures in Hamas, Deif rose through the ranks of the organization over 30 years, developing its tunnel network and expertise in bomb-making.
For decades, he has been at the top of Israel’s most wanted list and is considered personally responsible for the deaths of dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings.
Iran: Large crowd at the funeral of Haneyya
At the same time, a large crowd participated in Tehran in the funeral of Hamas leader Ismail Haneyya, who was assassinated in the Iranian capital by a strike attributed to Israel.
The supreme religious leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, recited the prayer of the dead in front of the coffins of Ismail Haneyya and his bodyguard, which were covered with the Palestinian flag. The Hamas leader will be buried tomorrow, Friday, in Qatar, where he lived in exile.
Holding portraits of Haneyya and Palestinian flags, thousands gathered at the University of Tehran, calling for revenge.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the head of the Revolutionary Guards, the country’s ideological army, Hossein Salami, attended the ceremony.
Meanwhile, today, Thursday afternoon, Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah is expected to deliver a speech following the funeral of Hezbollah commander Fouad Soukr, who, according to Israel, was responsible for the strike that killed 12 youths on July 27 in the Golan Heights.
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