More than 90 are killed in attack on Khan Younis villa that targeted Muhammad Deif
Palestinians survey the damage after an Israel i strike at a camp for displaced Palestinians in the Al-Mawasi district of Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Photograph: Ahmad Salem/BloombergBut the Israel i military and the Shin Bet domestic security agency said in a joint statement on Sunday afternoon that another target of the attack had been killed: Rafa Salameh, the leader of Hamas forces in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
But it remained unclear on Sunday if the primary target, Muhammad Deif, the leader of the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, was among the dead. The Israeli military and Shin Bet described Salameh, the secondary target, as “one of the closest associates” of Deif. They said that he, too, was “one of the masterminds” of the October 7 attack and, among other duties, was responsible for all launches of projectiles toward Israeli territory from the Khan Younis area.
It was not immediately clear how the strike Saturday might affect those talks, which were already fragile and halting.
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