Mithil Aggarwal is a Hong Kong-based reporter/producer for NBC News.
Israel's military said Thursday that it had confirmed the death of Mohammed Deif, the head of Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, a day after the group’s political leader was assassinated in Tehran. Following an intelligence assessment, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said he was killed when fighter jets struck an area of the southern city of Khan Younis. “Along with them, other terrorists were eliminated,” the statement said.
One of Hamas’ most dominant figures, Deif's death was confirmed as shockwaves reverberated around the Middle East about the assassination of the militant group's political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran early Wednesday. Haniyeh, who “died as a result of a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran,” according to a Hamas statement on Telegram, was a senior negotiator in cease-fire talks with Israel.
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