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| Hamas confirms death of military chief Mohammed Deif | Hamas confirms death of military chief Mohammed Deif |
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| Mohammed Deif was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip | |
| Hamas has confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip last year. | Hamas has confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip last year. |
| Israel's military said in August that it had killed Deif the previous month, but Hamas had not confirmed this until now. | Israel's military said in August that it had killed Deif the previous month, but Hamas had not confirmed this until now. |
| Israel says Deif was one of the figures responsible for planning the 7 October attacks in southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage. | |
| Deif was widely seen as the second-ranking Hamas official in Gaza, behind Yahya Sinwar, the group's leader in the territory, who was also killed by Israeli forces last year. | |
| Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) last year issued an arrest warrant for Deif, alongside Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. | |
| In its statement on Thursday, Hamas also announced the death of deputy military commander Marwan Issa. | |
| The US announced Issa's death in March last year. | |
| Issa was the deputy commander of Hamas's military wing and was considered one of Israel's most-wanted men. The European Union, which placed the Hamas leader on its terrorist blacklist, linked him directly to the 7 October attack. |