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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Israel failed to kill Deif, Hamas source says
A senior Hamas source tells Qatari news channel Al-Jazeera that Israel failed in its attempt to kill Hamas commander Muhammad Deif last night when the IDF struck his home in a Gaza City neighborhood, killing three, including Deif’s wife and son.
The identity of the third fatality has yet to be released.