On Sunday, Israeli Channel 14 reported receiving confirmation that the attempt to assassinate the leader of Hamas’ military wing, Muhammad Deif, had succeeded, indicating that this would be officially announced soon.

Channel 14 said that after decades of attempts to assassinate him and seven failed assassination attempts, the assassination of Muhammad Deif, commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, was confirmed.

It pointed out that confirmations indicate that Deif was actually killed in the Israeli attack that targeted Al-Hawl camp in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip about two weeks ago.

Israel had carried out an assassination attempt on Muhammad Deif and the other official, Rafi Salama. The American ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, had previously stated that there were indications that Muhammad had been killed.

He said at a press conference for the Jewish community in the United States, “There are still many questions about the results of the attack on Muhammad Deif. I cannot confirm whether it was successful or not, but there are indications that they achieved it,” according to the Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post.”