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Hamas official refuses to confirm death of military wing commander Deif
Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
The head of Hamas's military wing Muhammad Deif in an undated photo. (Israel Defense Forces)
A senior Hamas official refuses to confirm Israel’s announcement that it killed Muhammad Deif, leader of the terror group’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, in an airstrike last month.
“Confirming or denying the martyrdom of any al-Qassam commander is the responsibility of the leadership of al-Qassam or the movement [Hamas],” Izzat al-Rishq says in a statement.
“Unless either one of them announces it, no news published in the media or by any other parties can be confirmed,” he adds.
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