Mohammed Deif was one of the alleged masterminds of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.

Israel’s 15-month campaign has depleted the group’s military strength, sapped its political influence and opened a leadership void inside the Gaza Strip.

Hamas has suffered a major blow amid the ceasefire in Gaza. The death of Hamas commander Marwan Issa has been confirmed in an Israeli attack. Marwan's death occurred in an Israeli airstrike shortly before the ceasefire was implemented in Gaza.

"We were shot at by women and elderly carrying weapons," said one Hamas terrorist attempting to justify the massacre at Kibbutz Beeri, which took the lives of over 100 civilians.

Hamas has confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip last year. Israel's military said in August that it had killed Deif the previous month, but Hamas had not confirmed this until now.

In a post on X, IDF stated, "We can now confirm: Mohammed Deif was eliminated." Earlier, Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after receiving security assurance from the mediators of the ongoing ceasefire-hostage deal, following the chaotic scenes in ...

Hamas confirmed the death of Mohammed Deif, head of its military wing, six months after Israel announced he was killed. It was the first statement Hamas has released on Deif’s condition since the Israeli military announced last August that he was killed in an airstrike in southern Gaza the month before.

Deif was targeted in a strike at Hamas' Khan Younis Brigade commander Rafa'a Salameh's compound in Khan Younis area on July 13

Eight more hostages were freed from the Gaza Strip by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a chaotic process that briefly delayed Israel's release of 110 Palestinian prisoners and underscored the fragility of the ceasefire.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign minister on Friday accused Rwanda of illegally occupying part of its territory, after the M23 rebel group captured the eastern Congolese city of Goma.

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