Israel says Gaza camp strike targeted Hamas military chief Dief

Israel says Gaza camp strike targeted Hamas military chief Dief
A Palestinian man clears rubble and blood in front of a house hit by Israeli bombing in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 13, 2024. (AFP)
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Updated 13 July 2024
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Israel says Gaza camp strike targeted Hamas military chief Dief

Israel says Gaza camp strike targeted Hamas military chief Dief
  • The army “struck Mohammed Deif and Rafa Salama, the commander of Hamas’ Khan Yunis Brigade”

JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said it targeted Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif on Saturday in a strike on Gaza, after the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry said dozens were killed in an Israeli attack on a displacement camp.

The army “struck Mohammed Deif and Rafa Salama, the commander of Hamas’ Khan Yunis Brigade, who are two of the masterminds of the October 7 massacre,” it said in a statement.

It came after the Gaza health ministry said 71 people were killed and 289 wounded in an Israeli strike on the Al-Mawasi camp for displaced people in southern Gaza.