Israel targets Hamas military leader; 71 killed in Mawasi strike

[CharlieH]

 

Israeli officials said the IDF had targeted the leader of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Deif, as Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least 71 people had been killed.

 

Israel targeted Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif in a strike in southern Gaza on Saturday, Israeli officials said, an operation that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials.

An Israeli military official, speaking on background in line with protocol, said the Israel Defense Forces had “precise intelligence” that Deif, the head of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, was in a “compound” in the Mawasi area west of Khan Younis.

 

It was unclear whether Deif was killed in the strike, which aid agencies and Gaza’s civil defense force said took place in an area Israel had designated as a “humanitarian zone” for civilians.

“If Hamas senior leaders think they’ll build a compound and hide in a compound in an area where we called for them [civilians] to move to, we will hunt them down,” the military official said in a briefing with reporters. The strike also targeted Rafa Salama, a Hamas commander in Khan Younis, the military said.

The Gaza Health Ministry said Saturday that at least 71 people were killed and hundreds more injured in the bombardment, with hospitals, clinics and emergency personnel struggling to treat the wounded. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are staying in Mawasi — many of them in tents — after Israel issued evacuation orders for parts of Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, in May, and told civilians to seek shelter there.

 

“Paramedics are still trying to rescue people from under the sand,” Raed al-Nems, spokesman for the Palestine Red Crescent Society, said. The first of several reported strikes began around 10:30 a.m. local time, witnesses said.

 

“We saw people’s legs, hands and other body parts flying in the air because of the force of the explosion,” Attar said by phone, adding that the targeted area was “a lively street with thousands of displaced people.”

Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the strike, described Deif and Salama as “two of the masterminds” of the Oct. 7 attack. They did not provide details on the roles the commanders played.

 

 

As reported by mainstream media.

[stevenl]

A full blown attack in a humanitarian zone without any thought for civilians. End result: many civilians and innocent people dead, and unknown if the target is dead.

 

In the meantime nethanyahu stays in power by preventing a peace deal. Israel is morally dead and the world just let's it happen.

[Neeranam]

Thanks  for posting this Charlie. 

[Bkk Brian]

The compound that was targeted belonged to Salameh the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, friend and deputy of Muhammad Deif. Morally bankrupt Hamas embedding themselves among civilians. Several dozen more Hamas operatives were also in the area of the site when it was bombed.

 

 

 

The IDF releases imagery showing a fenced-off Hamas compound in the southern Gaza Strip where Mohammed Deif, the commander of Hamas's military wing, and Rafa’a Salameh, the commander of Hamas's Khan Younis Brigade were targeted earlier today.

"The area that was struck is an open and forested area, with several buildings and sheds," the military says.

The images show before and after the strike

 

https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1812093081878966363

 

[billd766]

According ti the BBC News report here https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx0qdkn45eo

 

The most moral army in the world (their words and not mine) with some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world targeted 2 Hamas leaders.

 

From the BBC report comes this,

 

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 90 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area.
About 300 people have been injured, according to the health ministry's statement, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas leader Mohammed Deif and his deputy Rafa Salama.
In a news conference on Saturday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was "no certainty" that either of them had been killed.

 

BBC Verify has analysed footage of the aftermath of the strike, confirming that it took place within an area shown on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) website as a humanitarian zone.
Mr Netanyahu said he gave the order for the operation to go ahead after being briefed by his general security forces.
He said he wanted to know there were no hostages nearby, the extent of the collateral damage and what kinds of weapons would be used.

 

Yet the IDF still went ahead with the operation, yet have no idea if it succeeded.

 

Even if you cut the casualty figures by a third that is still 60 Palestinians murdered and 200 innocent Palestinian men, women, children and babies injured for an unknown result. Not to mention buildings and infrastructure destroyed, and for what?

 

One old mans vanity.

 

[Neeranam]

10 minutes ago, billd766 said:

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 90 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area.

It is absolutely disgusting and we all know it. It sickens me that some ignore Israel Genocide. 

[Nick Carter icp]

24 minutes ago, billd766 said:

According ti the BBC News report here https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx0qdkn45eo

 

The most moral army in the world (their words and not mine) with some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world targeted 2 Hamas leaders.

 

From the BBC report comes this,

 

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 90 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area.
About 300 people have been injured, according to the health ministry's statement, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas leader Mohammed Deif and his deputy Rafa Salama.
In a news conference on Saturday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was "no certainty" that either of them had been killed.

 

BBC Verify has analysed footage of the aftermath of the strike, confirming that it took place within an area shown on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) website as a humanitarian zone.
Mr Netanyahu said he gave the order for the operation to go ahead after being briefed by his general security forces.
He said he wanted to know there were no hostages nearby, the extent of the collateral damage and what kinds of weapons would be used.

 

Yet the IDF still went ahead with the operation, yet have no idea if it succeeded.

 

Even if you cut the casualty figures by a third that is still 60 Palestinians murdered and 200 innocent Palestinian men, women, children and babies injured for an unknown result. Not to mention buildings and infrastructure destroyed, and for what?

 

One old mans vanity.

 

 

   Hamas figures cannot be believed , they have previously been shown to be completely  inaccurate and exaggerated 

[NickyLouie]

Israel = #winning 

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Hamas figures cannot be believed , they have previously been shown to be completely  inaccurate and exaggerated 

 

What is surprising, you still defend their war day after day, and do not see how bad it is

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:

Israel = #winning 

Yes, they continue to abuse and kill people for land. Terror bombing women and children for the cause

[Nick Carter icp]

7 minutes ago, Hummin said:

 

What is surprising, you still defend their war day after day, and do not see how bad it is

 

 Do you still believe Hamas lies ?

Pointing out Hamas often lie and that their figures are not reliable  isn't defending anything 

[Hummin]

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

 Do you still believe Hamas lies ?

Pointing out Hamas often lie and that their figures are not reliable  isn't defending anything 

 

I know everybody lies, thats the nature of it. 

 

Still the truth is as I said above, no matter what the numbers is, civilians is targets, and being terror bombed by a terrorist state doing war crimes who have abused, deteined and killed innocent people for decades, and stolen their land. Thats the truth. 

 

Hamas war crimes and terror attacks we know, and no need to comment, it is terror on same level as Israel. Two evil doesnt make one righ! When you admint that, I will not comment anymore, but your bias and a few others, is annoying and ignorant

[Nick Carter icp]

13 minutes ago, Hummin said:

 

I know everybody lies, thats the nature of it. 

 

Still the truth is as I said above, no matter what the numbers is, civilians is targets, and being terror bombed by a terrorist state doing war crimes who have abused, deteined and killed innocent people for decades, and stolen their land. Thats the truth. 

 

Hamas war crimes and terror attacks we know, and no need to comment, it is terror on same level as Israel. Two evil doesnt make one righ! When you admint that, I will not comment anymore, but your bias and a few others, is annoying and ignorant

 

   It was the top Hamas terrorists who were targeted Deif and Salama who were targeted .

  Civilians were NOT targeted .

Hamas had their leader bombed and Hamas reported that innocent woman and children got bombed  

[Hummin]

6 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   It was the top Hamas terrorists who were targeted Deif and Salama who were targeted .

  Civilians were NOT targeted .

Hamas had their leader bombed and Hamas reported that innocent woman and children got bombed  

 

The problem is, you trust the Israely goverment and IDF solely, and not open for any other information. You are played big time, and useful for the Israeli propaganda. An easy target mildy said. 

 

The more I see of some posting here, the more I actually dislike the Israelis, so on the other hand, it works different and against its agenda for others, even Hamas is an terrorist organisation, and a brutal one, the Palestinian cause is easy to sympatze with, and not the Israelis who have a long history of cruel and brutal methods to gain more land. 

 

But again, what the Israelis doing, is been done throughout the history, and if it wasnt the Israelis, it would had been the opposite way. Thats the nature of it, still there is innocent people who suffering for a bigger game, 

[Nick Carter icp]

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

 

The problem is, you trust the Israely goverment and IDF solely, and not open for any other information. You are played big time, and useful for the Israeli propaganda. An easy target mildy said. 

 

The more I see of some posting here, the more I actually dislike the Israelis, so on the other hand, it works different and against its agenda for others, even Hamas is an terrorist organisation, and a brutal one, the Palestinian cause is easy to sympatze with, and not the Israelis who have a long history of cruel and brutal methods to gain more land. 

 

  Well the fact that Deif and Salama got hit by a bomb does prove that they were the targets .

   Or are you saying that Israel targeted innocent  Woman and children with their bomb and it was just a coincidence that Deif and Salama got his as well ?

  

[stevenl]

Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  Well the fact that Deif and Salama got hit by a bomb does prove that they were the targets .

   Or are you saying that Israel targeted innocent  Woman and children with their bomb and it was just a coincidence that Deif and Salama got his as well ?

  

So you're ok with targeting 2 terrorist, knowing full well hundreds innocents will be injured and many innocents killed.

[Nick Carter icp]

4 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So you're ok with targeting 2 terrorist, knowing full well hundreds innocents will be injured and many innocents killed.

 

  Why were the terrorists hiding among the civilians ?

Also, it has yet to be established how many others died and who they were , its quite possible that the others who died were also Hamas members 

[Hummin]

9 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  Well the fact that Deif and Salama got hit by a bomb does prove that they were the targets .

   Or are you saying that Israel targeted innocent  Woman and children with their bomb and it was just a coincidence that Deif and Salama got his as well ?

  

Dont be stupid, you know when they target Hamas, there will be civillian lossed. Great losses

[Nick Carter icp]

7 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Dont be stupid, you know when they target Hamas, there will be civillian lossed. Great losses

 

   Civilians die in all wars , there's nothing unique about civilians dying in wars 

[sammieuk1]

I doubt if they were to nuke the god forsaken place a single "innocent" Palestinian would be killed 🤔

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Civilians die in all wars , there's nothing unique about civilians dying in wars 

 

yes, and its in the nature who will be more demonized than the other, Right now who do you think winning the public opinion world wide? 

[Bkk Brian]

Interesting article on the elusive target. Fingers crossed he's eliminated

 

Who is Mohammed Deif? The shadowy Hamas commander known as 'The Guest'

Deif joined Hamas around 1990 and learnt the skill of bombmaking under Yehya Ayyash, a renowned bombmaker known as "the engineer".

He was accused of masterminding a slew of suicide bombings from 1995 onwards and was held personally responsible for the deaths of dozens of Israelis.

He was also credited with being the architect of a sophisticated network of tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip and designing the Qassam rocket.

A Hamas source, who has known Deif since the 1990s, told Reuters Deif has been at the heart of developments inside the armed wing since 1994.

https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-mohammed-deif-the-shadowy-hamas-commander-known-as-the-guest-12981449

 

[Nick Carter icp]

Just now, Hummin said:

 

yes, and its in the nature who will be more demonized than the other, Right now who do you think winning the public opinion world wide? 

 

  Israel and Jews have always been despised, nothing new about it  now .

Christians and Muslims have an agenda against Israel/Jews and they will always oppose Israel .

  

[retarius]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

According ti the BBC News report here https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx0qdkn45eo

 

The most moral army in the world (their words and not mine) with some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world targeted 2 Hamas leaders.

 

From the BBC report comes this,

 

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 90 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area.
About 300 people have been injured, according to the health ministry's statement, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas leader Mohammed Deif and his deputy Rafa Salama.
In a news conference on Saturday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was "no certainty" that either of them had been killed.

 

BBC Verify has analysed footage of the aftermath of the strike, confirming that it took place within an area shown on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) website as a humanitarian zone.
Mr Netanyahu said he gave the order for the operation to go ahead after being briefed by his general security forces.
He said he wanted to know there were no hostages nearby, the extent of the collateral damage and what kinds of weapons would be used.

 

Yet the IDF still went ahead with the operation, yet have no idea if it succeeded.

 

Even if you cut the casualty figures by a third that is still 60 Palestinians murdered and 200 innocent Palestinian men, women, children and babies injured for an unknown result. Not to mention buildings and infrastructure destroyed, and for what?

 

One old mans vanity.

 

Vile 'morality' in Israel. 

[Hummin]

6 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  Israel and Jews have always been despised, nothing new about it  now .

Christians and Muslims have an agenda against Israel/Jews and they will always oppose Israel .

  

It is in the nature of being selected by god to be gods people on earth, making them believe they are above everyone else, creating offsprings that compete with them and their religion. Not so diffucult to understand, after all simply said, it is only politics. 

 

First you have to analize and realize why you are hated. 

 

You can say Hamaz is a created monster by the Israelis

 

I have met Americans who is shocked they are hated in many countries and by many people around the world. Afterall they are just a nice democratic country with great values and culture. 

[stevenl]

23 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  Why were the terrorists hiding among the civilians ?

Also, it has yet to be established how many others died and who they were , its quite possible that the others who died were also Hamas members 

Avoiding the issue. On top of that trying to discuss the exact numbers. 60 or 90 dead is imo irrelevant, it's a disgrace either way.

[Nick Carter icp]

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

It is in the nature of being selected by god to be gods people on earth, making them believe they are above everyone else, creating offsprings that compete with them and their religion. Not so diffucult to understand, after all simply said, it is only politics. 

 

First you have to analize and realize why you are hated. 

 

You can say Hamaz is a created monster by the Israelis

 

 

   Not all this nonsense again . 

In the days of Paganism 3000 years ago  , a group of people began following God and that group believed they were chosen to end Paganism and follow a God .

   They believed that their group were chosen to be Religious .

Christians and Muslims then came along thousands of years later both claiming to be the true believers of God and that they were actually chosen to follow Gods commands (rather than the Jews)

   Hamas were not created by Israel . 

But enough of that and get back on topic 

 

[Hummin]

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Not all this nonsense again . 

In the days of Paganism 3000 years ago  , a group of people began following God and that group believed they were chosen to end Paganism and follow a God .

   They believed that their group were chosen to be Religious .

Christians and Muslims then came along thousands of years later both claiming to be the true believers of God and that they were actually chosen to follow Gods commands (rather than the Jews)

   Hamas were not created by Israel . 

But enough of that and get back on topic 

 

Can you admit this war is about land? Israel still want the promised land back? 

 

All three religions is based on the Judaism belief, and Judaism belief is based on other earlier anchient believs such as Zoroastrianism. They are all brothers and sisters fighting for their right to exist. 

[Nick Carter icp]

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

Can you admit this war is about land? Israel still want the promised land back? 

 

 

   This war is to wipe Hamas out and to stop them attacking Israel and carrying out terror attacks and to bring the 7 October murderers to justice .

  The size of Israel and its borders is nothing to do with this war .

Hamas started the war and Israel retaliated

[Hummin]

6 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   This war is to wipe Hamas out and to stop them attacking Israel and carrying out terror attacks and to bring the 7 October murderers to justice .

  The size of Israel and its borders is nothing to do with this war .

Hamas started the war and Israel retaliated

Thats the easy explanation to comfort themselves with, instead of looking at the real problems and the real conflict behind it. Also great way to reason for the brutality and war crimes done by Israelis now. As they always have done their revenge in ten folds, and continue to grab peices of land, over and over and again and again.