The strike targeted Hamas military leaders but Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said there was 'no certainty' they were killed
The strike targeted Hamas military leaders but Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said there was 'no certainty' they were killedThe Gaza health ministry said 300 people have been injured by the attack on the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis, which the Israeli military has designated as aBBC Verify has confirmed that the strike took place in an area shown on the Israel Defense Forces website as a humanitarian zone.
But Mr Netanyahu said in a news conference on Saturday evening that “there still isn’t absolute certainty” that the military leaders were killed.that the attack did not hit its target, saying: “Mohammed Deif is listening to you right now and mocking your lies.”rejected the claim that Dief was in the area, alleging that “these false claims are merely a cover-up for the scale of the horrific massacre”.
Deif has survived seven Israeli assassination attempts, the most recent in 2021, and has topped Israel’s most wanted list for decades, held responsible for the deaths of dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings. Mr Netanyahu authorised the operation after being briefed by his general security forces. He said he wanted to ensure there were no hostages nearby, what the collateral damage would be and what weapons would be used.The resident, Sheikh Youssef, continued: “I left the tent and looked around, all the tents were knocked down, body parts, bodies everywhere, elderly women thrown on the floor, young children in pieces.
A Hamas official, cited by Reuters, called Saturday’s attack a “grave escalation” that showed Israel was not interested in reaching a ceasefire agreement.Since then, Israeli ground offensives and air strikes have killed more than 38,300 people in Gaza and wounded more than 88,000, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.More than 80 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3m people have been displaced, with the majority living in overcrowded camps facing severe hunger.
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