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Lapid: Deif’s killing an ‘unprecedentedly important’ achievement, everything must be done to bring hostages home
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid welcomes the IDF’s confirmation of the death of Muhammad Deif, the commander of Hamas’s military wing, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip last month.
“I congratulate the IDF, the Shin Bet and the security forces for the successful elimination of Muhammad Deif,” Lapid says in a statement. “It is an unprecedentedly important military achievement. [Israel’s] military achievements should be translated into strategic political achievements and everything should be done to bring the hostages home now.”
Deif’s death is also welcomed by Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman, who tweets that “there is no place in the world for those despicable terrorists who slaughtered, raped and kidnapped Jews on October 7 and we must make sure that none of them die a natural death.”
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