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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Deif reportedly believed killed in strike
Fox News reports that Hamas leader Muhammad Deif is thought to have been killed in the Israeli airstrike that targeted his home overnight.
Quoting Israeli intelligence sources, it reports that the military head “is believed to have been killed” early Wednesday.
Hamas maintains that Deif is alive and well. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, tells the group’s TV station Al-Aqsa that Deif “wasn’t even in the location when they bombed it.” Five other people, including his wife and baby son, were killed in the strike.
— AP contributed to this report
