Deif family killings

Deif family killings
Part of 2014 Gaza War
Location Gaza Strip, Palestine (the apartment where Mohammed Deif's wife and children lived)
Date19 August 2014 (2014-08-19)
TargetMohammed Deif (leader of the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades)
Deaths6+[1]
VictimsThe wife, daughter, and son of Mohammed Deif, and other members of the household.
Perpetrators Israel Defense Forces
AccusedAccused of being informants:

On 19 August 2014, the Israel Defense Forces carried out an airstrike at the home of Mohammed Deif, leader of the Al-Qassam Brigades. Deif was unharmed, but his wife Widad Asfura and his two children were killed.

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