Israel announced that the leader of the military wing of Hamas, Mohammed al-Dayf, had been killed
The Israeli army announced on July 13 that the leader of the Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, was killed in an attack on the security zone in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has yet to comment on the reports. "Ghost Commander" - Who is Ad-Dayf?
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said Ad-Dayf was killed in an assassination attempt by the Israeli army and internal intelligence. Hamas has not yet commented on these reports.
On July 13, the Israeli Air Force carried out heavy strikes on the Al-Mawazi area, west of the city of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. 90 Palestinians, half of them women and children, were killed and hundreds injured as a result of an air attack on an area previously declared "safe" by the Israeli army.
Rafi Salam, the head of the Israeli army's military wing in Ad-Dayf and the city of Khan Yunus of Hamas, said that they were the targets of the attack.
Hamas has denied reports that al-Daifa was killed, saying Israel is using the names of the leaders of the movement's militant wing to cover up crimes against civilians in Gaza.
"Ghost Commander" for Israeli media: Ad-Dayf
Ad-Dayf was born in 1956 in one of the refugee camps in Khan Yunus. In 1987, he joined the then fledgling Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas .
In 1989, the Israeli army arrested Ad-Dayfa during a major offensive in the Gaza Strip and held him behind bars for 16 months without trial.
After the liberation of Ad-Dayf, Izzeddin carried out many armed actions against Israel in the ranks of the Al-Qassam Brigades.
Muhammad Ad-Dayf is one of the founders and prominent leaders of the military wing of Hamas. Israel launched seven strikes on the Gaza Strip to kill Ad-Dayfa, but failed. Only civilians were killed as a result of the shelling.
During major attacks on the exclave in 2014, Israel reported that Ad-Dayfa had been killed, but these reports turned out to be unfounded. Then the Israeli mass media began to write about Ad-Daif as a " ghost commander".
Israel's security agency has admitted that it is making rapid efforts to capture Ad-Dayf.
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