It was not immediately known whether Mohammed Deif was among the dead. If he was killed, cease-fire talks could be derailed.
Palestinians gather near the bodies of their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah on July 13, 2024. | Abdel Kareem Hana/APin a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials. Hamas immediately rejected the claim that
If Deif has been killed, cease-fire talks could be derailed by what would be seen as a major Israeli victory in the nine-month war. “A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them,” the Health Ministry said. Witnesses said the strike landed inside Muwasi, the Israeli-designated safe zone that stretches from northern Rafah to Khan Younis. The coastal strip is where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have fled to in search of safety, sheltering mostly in sweltering, makeshift tents and with little services.
An Israeli official said the strike was carried out within a fenced area of Khan Younis that was run by Hamas but did not elaborate on the precise location, saying it was not a tent complex but an operational compound. The official described the strike as precise and said it was estimated that many of the casualties were “terrorists.”
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