Hamas confirms the murder of military commander Mohammed Deifa | Israel-Palestine News of Conflict
Israel said he killed Deifa in an air attack in July, but Hamas did not confirm his death until Thursday.
Hamas says his main military commander Mohammed Deif was killed.
The Israeli army announced that he had killed Deifa in an air attack in July, but the Palestinian group did not confirm his death until Thursday.
A spokesman for the Qassama Brigade, an armed wing of Hamas, said his death “answered”.
“This corresponds to our leader Mohammed Deif, who has exhausted the enemy for over 30 years,” Abu Promida said.
“How, from God, Mohammed Deif could mention in history without the title” Martyr “and without a medal of martyrdom?” Abu Promidi asked.
Deif was one of the founders Qassam Brigade In the 1990s he ran for more than 20 years. It is said to have planned the attacks that led to the death of dozens of Israel. Deif was also believed to have developed a network of tunnels and its expertise for making a bomb.
In the morning of October 7, 2023. Hamas rarely released a recording of Deif by announcing the “Al-Aqs Flood” operation, signaling that the Hamas attacks on southern Israel were a response to the Israeli raid in Jerusalem mosque of Al-Aqs, the third most holy place Islam.
In November, the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided issued An arrest warrant for Deif “for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes.”
ICC also issued orders for the arrest of Israeli premiere of Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoava Gallant for the alleged “crimes against humanity and war crimes” for Israel’s management of the Gaza war.
Abu Promida also said that the deputy military commander Marwan Issa was also killed and announced the death of numerous other commanders, including Ghazi Abu Tamaa, commander of weapons and combat services; Raed Thabet, Labor Commander and Head of Supply Unit; and Rafei Salam, Brigade Commander Khan Younis.
Israel said he killed Issa in March. At that time, senior Hamas officials told Al Jazeera that the political office of the group had not received evidence of Issa’s death.
