Israel said Thursday it killed Hamas military chief Muhammad Deif, believed to be the main planner of the shock October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis in mid-July.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called Deif the “Osama bin Laden of Gaza,” referring to the mastermind of the 2001 al-Qaida terrorist attacks in the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Gallant said the killing of Deif on July 13 “is a significant milestone in the process of dismantling Hamas as a military and governing authority in Gaza, and in the achievement of the goals of this war.”
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