Hamas urges Palestinians to attend the funerals of the wife and son of Hamas commander Muhammad Deif, who were killed in last night’s IDF strike on their home in Gaza.
Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied that Deif was also killed in the strike. The body of an unidentified man was found in the rubble, Channel 2 reported.
At least 45 others were injured in the attack, say emergency officials in the Hamas-run enclave.
Appointed head of Hamas’s armed wing in 2002 after his predecessor Salah Shehade was assassinated, Deif has already escaped five previous assassination attempts by Israel.
Israel sees Deif as “the brains” behind the campaign of suicide bombings that targeted buses and public places in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem until 2006.
— AFP, Times of Israel staff
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