[News] Hamas rejects Israeli media claims about airstrike aimed at Al-Qassam Brigade commander

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Hamas rejects Israeli media claims about airstrike aimed at Al-Qassam
Brigade commander
Middle East Monitor
July 13, 2024
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The Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday rejected Israeli media
claims that the Al-Qassam Brigade commander was the target of an Israeli
airstrike on displaced Palestinians’ tents in the southern Gaza Strip,
which killed over 70 people and injured nearly 300 others, *Anadolu Agency
reports.*

Hamas said in a statement that Israeli media claims it targeted Mohammed
Deif, the commander-in-chief of the Al-Qassam Brigades, and a top
Palestinian commander in its attack on the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan
Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, are “unfounded.”

It added that the Israeli media’s allegations “come to cover up the scale
of the horrific massacre the (Israeli) occupation has committed.”

The attack on Saturday morning killed more than 71 Palestinians and injured
289 others, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Following the attack, the daily Israel Hayom claimed, without providing any
evidence, that the main goal of the airstrike was to eliminate Mohammed
Deif.

*READ: UN Refugee Agency reports mistreatment, torture of staff detained by
Israeli army
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240713-un-refugee-agency-reports-mistreatment-torture-of-staff-detained-by-israeli-army/>*

“It is estimated that there is a high likelihood that Deif was injured in
the attack, but military officials are awaiting the outcome,” it added.

Meanwhile, Israeli Army Radio also claimed that the attack targeted an
“important figure” in Hamas, but the outcome is still unknown.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate
cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal
offensive on Gaza since an October 7 attack by Hamas.

More than 38,400 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and
children, and nearly 88,500 injured, according to local health authorities.

Over nine months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins
amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose
latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the
southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought
refuge from the war before it was invaded on 6 May.

*READ: Over 70 killed, nearly 300 injured in Israeli attack on displaced
Palestinians’ tents in southern Gaza
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240713-over-70-killed-nearly-300-injured-in-israeli-attack-on-displaced-palestinians-tents-in-southern-gaza/>*
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