In the first official announcement, the Al -Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Hamas) announced, on Thursday, the killing of its military commander, Muhammad Al -Dhaif.

A spokesman for the Al -Qassam Brigades Abu Ubaidah said that the Commander of the Staff of Al -Qassam Muhammad Al -Dhaif, and a number of leaders, were killed in the battle of the Al -Aqsa Flood: Marwan Issa (Deputy Chief of Staff of Al -Qassam), Ghazi Abu Tamat Thabet (Human Forces Commander), Rafeh Salama (Commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade).

The Israeli army, in late July, announced the killing of the military commander of Hamas, Muhammad Al -Dhaif, in an air strike on Gaza, but Hamas denied -then -.

In mid -July, the Israeli army said that it carried out an air strike on the Al -Mawsa area in Khan Yunis and “was targeting Muhammad Al -Dhaif”, the commander -in -chief of the Izz al -Din al -Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.

However, Hamas considered at the time that these “Israeli allegations are an attempt to cover up the size of the horrific massacre.”

In turn, Ezzat Al -Rashish, a member of the political bureau of Hamas, said, in press statements, which were broadcast - at that time - that “the confirmation or denial of the martyrdom of any of the leaders of Al -Qassam, is the matter The media traded it, "unless either of them declared."