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Israel-Hamas War and Gaza Latest News
  + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Riley Mellen | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +7 min
The strike, which the Israeli military says targeted a Hamas leader, took place in an area designated as a humanitarian zone. Earlier assassination attempts against Mr. Deif are believed to have left him disabled, and he may be missing an eye and limbs. They became more confident that Mr. Deif might enter Mr. Salameh’s compound after a growing cache of evidence suggested that he placed unusual trust in his subordinate. The official, Khalil al-Hayya, who lives in exile, said in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic that Mr. Deif was listening to Mr. Netanyahu’s words and “mocking” them. Mr. Netanyahu himself, in a televised news conference on Saturday night, said there was still no “absolute certainty” that Mr. Deif had been killed.
Persons: Israel, Muhammad Deif, Deif, Shin, Rafa Salameh, Khan Younis, Salameh’s, Salameh, Benjamin Netanyahu, Izzat, Rishq, Mkhaimar Abusada, , Scott Anderson, Anderson, Khalil al, Netanyahu, Bet, Isabel Kershner Organizations: Hamas, The New York Times, Israel Defense Forces, Analysts, Gaza’s Al, Azhar University, Fatah, Gaza Health Ministry, Al Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Khan, Rafa Salameh ., Al Jazeera, Jerusalem
The Israeli airstrike targeting Hamas’s military leader, Muhammad Deif, in southern Gaza on Saturday followed weeks of surveillance of a compound used by one of his key lieutenants, Rafa Salameh, according to three senior Israeli defense officials. The Israeli military and the Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, said on Sunday afternoon that the strike killed Mr. Salameh, but Mr. Deif’s fate remained unclear. The strike was authorized after prolonged observation of one of Mr. Salameh’s secret command posts located west of Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza, according to the three senior Israeli officials. The villa surrounded by palm trees near the Mediterranean Sea belonged to Mr. Salameh’s family, two of the officials said. All officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the operation’s details.
Persons: Muhammad Deif, Rafa Salameh, Shin, Salameh, Khan Younis, Salameh’s Locations: Gaza, Israel, Khan
Israel-Gaza News: Live Updates
  + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
But it remained unclear on Sunday if the primary target, Muhammad Deif, the leader of the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, was among the dead. A Hamas official, Khalil al-Hayya, who lives in exile, said in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic television that Mr. Deif had not been killed and was listening to Mr. Netanyahu’s words and “mocking” them. Hamas has not offered evidence that Mr. Deif survived. Mr. Deif is the second most senior Hamas figure in Gaza, after its leader in the territory, Yahya Sinwar. But it made no mention of the fate of Mr. Deif and Mr. Salameh.
Persons: Israel, Muhammad Deif, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rafa Salameh, Khan Younis, Khalil al, Deif, Yahya Sinwar, Izzat Al, Salameh, Scott Anderson, ” “, Mr, Anderson, , Netanyahu, , Tamir Hayman Organizations: Gaza Health Ministry, Qassam, Hamas, Al Jazeera, United Nations, Nasser, Institute for National Security, Tel Aviv University Locations: Gaza, Israel, Khan
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