{"id":43533,"date":"2024-08-01T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=43533"},"modified":"2024-08-01T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:09:27","slug":"hamas-military-leader-deif-killed-in-july-strike-israel-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/hamas-military-leader-deif-killed-in-july-strike-israel-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas military leader Deif killed in July strike, Israel says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM: The Israeli army on Thursday confirmed the assassination of the head of Hamas\u2019 military wing, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/khaled-meshaal-set-to-be-next-hamas-leader-after-ismail-haniyehs-demise\/\">Mohammed Deif<\/a> in an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza on July 13.<\/p>\n<p>However, Hamas has not yet commented on Israel&#8217;s announcement of the killing of Mohammed Deif who was one of the founders of Hamas\u2019s military wing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/al-qassam-brigade-is-ready-to-release-70-hostage\/\">Qassam Brigades<\/a>, in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) announced that on July 13, 2024, IDF fighter jets struck in the area of Khan Yunis. following an intelligence assessment, it can be confirmed that Mohammed Deif was eliminated in the strike,&#8221; the military said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following an intelligence assessment, we can now confirm. Mohammed Deif was eliminated,&#8221; the Israeli military claimed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hailed it as \u201ca significant milestone in the process of dismantling Hamas as a military and governing authority in Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas leaders may either surrender or they will be eliminated. Israel\u2019s defense establishment will pursue Hamas terrorists \u2013 both the planners and the perpetrators of the 07.10 massacre. We will not rest until this mission is accomplished,\u201d he posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Israel believes that Deif, the head of Hamas\u2019 military, and Yahya Sinwar, the top Hamas leader in Gaza, were the chief architects of the Oct. 7 attack.<\/p>\n<p>The development came after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran&#8217;s Tehran on Wednesday where he was present for Iranian newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian&#8217;s oath-taking ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas has said Deif survived the July attack in Gaza and did not immediately comment on the military\u2019s announcement of confirmation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM: The Israeli army on Thursday confirmed the assassination of the head of Hamas\u2019 military wing, Mohammed Deif in an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza on July 13. However, Hamas has not yet commented on Israel&#8217;s announcement of the killing of Mohammed Deif who was one of the founders of Hamas\u2019s military wing, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":43536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,3],"tags":[20000,19998,19999],"class_list":["post-43533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-israel-defence-forces","tag-mohammed-deif","tag-qassam-brigades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43537,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43533\/revisions\/43537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}