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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Hamas rejects Israeli media claims about airstrike aimed at Al-Qassam Brigade commander</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">July 13, 2024<br></div>
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<p>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, <em>Anadolu Agency reports.</em></p>
<p>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.”</p>
<p>It added that the Israeli media’s allegations “come to cover up the
scale of the horrific massacre the (Israeli) occupation has committed.”</p>
<p>The attack on Saturday morning killed more than 71 Palestinians and injured 289 others, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.</p>
<p>Following the attack, the daily Israel Hayom claimed, without
providing any evidence, that the main goal of the airstrike was to
eliminate Mohammed Deif.</p>
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<p>“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.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Israeli Army Radio also claimed that the attack targeted
an “important figure” in Hamas, but the outcome is still unknown.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>More than 38,400 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women
and children, and nearly 88,500 injured, according to local health
authorities.</p>
<p>Over nine months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in
ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>READ: <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240713-over-70-killed-nearly-300-injured-in-israeli-attack-on-displaced-palestinians-tents-in-southern-gaza/">Over 70 killed, nearly 300 injured in Israeli attack on displaced Palestinians’ tents in southern Gaza</a></strong></p>
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