Israel Says It Killed Hamas’ Oct. 7 Architect Mohammed Deif in Airstrike
Israel’s military announced Thursday that it had confirmed an airstrike in Gaza last month killed Mohammed Deif, Hamas’ top military commander.
Israel believes Deif and Hamas’ main leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, were the main architects of the Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel in which about 1,200 people were killed and another 250 were kidnapped, sparking the ongoing war. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said fighter jets struck a compound in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on July 13, killing Deif.
The IDF also released footage of the airstrike that it described as the “moment of [Deif’s] elimination.”