Hamas has for the first time confirmed the death of the group's military chief Mohammed Deif, believed to be one of the key architects behind the October 7 attacks in southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.

Hamas has suffered a major blow amid the ceasefire in Gaza. The death of Hamas commander Marwan Issa has been confirmed in an Israeli attack. Marwan's death occurred in an Israeli airstrike shortly before the ceasefire was implemented in Gaza.

"We were shot at by women and elderly carrying weapons," said one Hamas terrorist attempting to justify the massacre at Kibbutz Beeri, which took the lives of over 100 civilians.

Israel’s 15-month campaign has depleted the group’s military strength, sapped its political influence and opened a leadership void inside the Gaza Strip.

Before a ceasefire began on Sunday ... former defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, whom the Israeli military says it killed in Gaza. A truce begins on November 27 after two months of open war between Israel and Hezbollah ...

TEL AVIV — A long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect in the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, aiming to halt Israeli military operations that have killed more than 46,800 Palestinians and laid waste to the enclave and seeing the ...

In a post on X, IDF stated, "We can now confirm: Mohammed Deif was eliminated." Earlier, Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after receiving security assurance from the mediators of the ongoing ceasefire-hostage deal, following the chaotic scenes in ...

Hamas has confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip last year. Israel's military said in August that it had killed Deif the previous month, but Hamas had not confirmed this until now.

The spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, officially announced the martyrdom of the Brigades' Chief of Staff, Commander Mohammed Deif, and a number of members of the Military Council.

Deif, had been among Hamas' most prominent figures, and was sought by Israel for years and attempted to kill him on many occasions.

Eight more hostages were freed from the Gaza Strip by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed Israel's release of 110 Palestinian prisoners and underscored the fragility of the ceasefire that began earlier this month.