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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-deif-assassination-attempt.html
Israel Surveilled Hamas Compound for Weeks, Waiting for Deif to Arrive
(New York Times) Ronen Bergman - For weeks, Israel kept watch on a palm-tree-dotted villa in southern Gaza where a top Hamas lieutenant was staying and held off on a strike, according to Israeli defense officials. On Saturday, after learning that Muhammad Deif, the elusive leader of Hamas's military wing, appeared to be at the villa, Israel sent in fighter jets that devastated the compound, killing Rafa Salameh, the leader of Hamas forces in Khan Yunis. There is still no absolute certainty on whether Deif had been killed.