Targets include ‘humanitarian zone’ and school harbouring displaced people, where IDF says there were Hamas fighters
The heavily damaged al-Awda school building following the Israeli attack in Abasan district of Khan Younis, Gaza on 10 July.The heavily damaged al-Awda school building following the Israeli attack in Abasan district of Khan Younis, Gaza on 10 July.
There was no immediate comment from Hamas on Israel’s claim. Killing Deif would be a much-needed morale boost for Israel, which in almost 10 months of fighting has so far failed to take out any of the top three Hamas leaders in Gaza. The latest statement from Hamas’s Qatar-based political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, on Sunday stressed that the group was pulling out of the indirect talks in protest at the recent Israeli “massacres” but that the group was ready to return to the negotiation table if Israel “demonstrates seriousness in reaching a ceasefire agreement and a prisoner exchange deal”.
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