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Israel says it killed top Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif
Israel claimed on Thursday that it killed Hamas’ top military commander, Mohammad Deif, during a strike earlier in July.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it launched a strike in Gaza on July 13 while targeting two top Hamas leaders. Deif, who the IDF said was the mastermind behind the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, was one of the targets.
«Mohammed Deif, the top military commander of Hamas, was the target of an Israeli strike today in al-Mawasi,» two Israeli sources told Fox News Digital after the attack.
There was no confirmation of Deif’s death until Thursday.
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An undated photo of Mohammad Deif, the mastermind of Hamas suicide bombings. Little is known about the Palestinian who has kept one step ahead of his Israeli pursuers for the past several years. (Reuters)
«Muhammad Deif, the ‘Osama Bin Laden of Gaza,’ was eliminated on 13.07.24,» Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement. «This is a significant milestone in the process of dismantling Hamas as a military and governing authority in Gaza, and in the achievement of the goals of this war.»
According to the IDF, Deif initiated, planned and executed the October 7th terror attacks along with Yahya Sinwar, the top Hamas leader in Gaza. Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted 251 hostages into the Gaza Strip. Sinwar is believed to remain in hiding in Gaza.
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Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in a site hit by an Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 13, 2024. The Israeli military said Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
«Over the years, Deif directed, planned, and carried out numerous terrorist attacks against the State of Israel,» the IDF said. «Deif operated side-by-side with Yahya Sinwar, and during the war, he commanded Hamas’ terrorist activity in the Gaza Strip by issuing commands and instructions to senior members of Hamas’ Military Wing.»
Israel on Tuesday said that it killed Fuad Shukr, a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon. On Wednesday, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was reportedly assassinated while he was in Tehran, Iran.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are pictured in the West Bank in August 2023. (Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for Wednesday’s strike in Tehran that killed Haniyeh.
The assassinations of Hamas’ two most senior leaders is a victory for Israel, which has promised to continue the war in Gaza until Hamas’ military capabilities are eliminated. However, the strikes further complicate ceasefire negotiations pushed for by the Biden-Harris administration. Iran has vowed revenge for the strike that killed Haniyeh.
In its 10-month-old campaign of bombardment and offensives in Gaza, Israel has killed some 39,480 Palestinians and wounded more than 91,100 others, according to the Hamas-led Gaza Health Ministry, whose count does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. More than 80% of the population of 2.3 million have been driven from their homes, the vast majority crammed into tent camps in the southwest corner of the territory, with limited food and water.
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Deif was one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the 1990s and led the unit for decades. Under his command, it carried out dozens of suicide bombings against Israelis on buses and at cafes and built up a formidable arsenal of rockets that could strike deep into Israel and often did.
Deif operated behind the scenes in Gaza and never appeared in public. He was seldom photographed and his voice only rarely heard in audio statements. He had survived several Israeli assassination attempts before his ultimate demise in July.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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South Korean PM Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturned
- South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Dec. 14 after declaring martial law. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo then became the country’s acting leader before being impeached himself.
- The country’s Constitutional Court overturned Han’s impeachment, reinstating the nation’s No. 2 official as acting leader on Monday.
- The unprecedented, successive impeachments of the country’s top two officials intensified domestic divisions. Massive rival rallies backing or denouncing Yoon have divided the streets of Seoul and other major cities in South Korea.
South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation’s No. 2 official as acting leader Monday while not yet ruling on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his shocking imposition of martial law in December.
Many observers said the 7-1 ruling in Han’s case did not signal much about the upcoming verdict on Yoon, as Han wasn’t a key figure in imposing martial law. But the ruling could still embolden Yoon’s staunch supporters and ramp up their political offensive on the opposition.
Speaking with reporters following his reinstatement, Han thanked the court for what he called «a wise decision» and promised to focus on tackling «urgent matters,» including a fast-changing global trade environment, in an apparent reference to the Trump administration’s aggressive tariffs policy. He also called for national unity, saying: «There’s no left or right — what matters is the advancement of our nation.»
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South Korea has been thrown into political turmoil since Yoon, a conservative, declared martial law on Dec. 3 and sent hundreds of troops to the liberal opposition-controlled National Assembly and other places in Seoul. Yoon’s decree lasted only six hours as enough lawmakers managed to enter an assembly hall where they quickly voted down the decree.
The impeachment arguments
The assembly impeached Yoon on Dec. 14, alleging he violated the Constitution and other laws by suppressing assembly activities and trying to detain politicians. Yoon’s impeachment made Han acting president until he was impeached in late December.
The unprecedented, successive impeachments that suspended the country’s top two officials intensified domestic division and deepened worries about South Korea’s diplomatic and economic activities.
South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo speaks during a briefing at the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, on March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)
A major trigger for the opposition’s push to impeach Han was his refusal to fill three vacant seats at the Constitutional Court’s nine-member bench. That was a highly explosive issue because the court needed support from at least six justices to approve Yoon’s impeachment and filling its empty posts could make such a decision more likely.
After Han was suspended, his successor as acting president, Choi Sang-mok, appointed two new justices but left the ninth seat vacant.
Han was also accused in the impeachment motion of abetting Yoon’s martial law declaration and obstructing efforts to open independent investigations into Yoon’s alleged rebellion in connection with his martial law decree.
On Monday, seven of the Constitutional Court’s eight justices ruled to overturn or dismiss Han’s impeachment. They ruled that his alleged actions weren’t against the law or weren’t serious enough to remove him from office or his impeachment motion didn’t even meet a required quorum when it passed through the assembly. One justice upheld Han’s impeachment.
The main liberal opposition Democratic Party expressed regret over the court’s decision to reinstate Han and urged it to dismiss Yoon quickly. Yoon’s office welcomed Monday’s ruling, saying it shows again the opposition’s repeated uses of impeachment motions were «reckless, malicious political offensive.»
What’s next?
Observers earlier had predicted the Constitutional Court would rule on Yoon’s case in mid-March, but it hasn’t done so, sparking varied speculation on possible reasons.
«Today’s verdict will give hope to Yoon’s supporters for a similar fate and hope for Yoon’s opponents for his ouster,» said Duyeon Kim, a senior analyst at the Center for a New American Security in Washington. «But it’s too soon to predict the court’s verdict on Yoon because the specific details of both cases and allegations are different.»
Kim said the reinstatement of Han, a career bureaucrat, will bring more stability to South Korea compared to when his powers as acting president were suspended.
Massive rival rallies backing or denouncing Yoon have divided the streets of Seoul and other major cities in South Korea. Earlier surveys showed that a majority of South Koreans were critical of Yoon’s martial law enactment, but those supporting or sympathizing with Yoon have later gained strength.
Yoon argues that his martial law introduction was a desperate attempt to bring attention to the «wickedness» of the Democratic Party which obstructed his agenda and filed many impeachment motions against senior officials. Yoon critics counter he likely tried to use military rule to frustrate possible special investigations into scandals involving him and his wife.
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Senior military and police officers sent to the assembly have said that Yoon ordered them to drag out lawmakers to prevent a floor vote to overturn his decree. Yoon says the troops’ deployment was designed to maintain order.
If the court upholds Yoon’s impeachment, South Korea must hold a presidential election to choose his successor. If it rules for him, Yoon will regain his presidential powers.
Yoon has separately been charged with directing rebellion, a charge that carries the death penalty or a life sentence if he is convicted.
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