JAKARTA - Israel has tried to kill the Hamas military leader twice since May 10 or during a follow-up attack on the Gaza Strip.
This was the Israeli media report on Tuesday, May 18 and then quoted from Yenisafak, Wednesday, May 19.
The Times of Israel newspaper quoted an Israeli intelligence source as saying the army failed to kill Muhammad Deif, the head of Hamas' Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades.
Unfortunately, The Times did not provide further details. It said Deif's assassination was Israel's main and foremost goal during the ongoing offensive on Gaza.
For more than 25 years, Deif has been considered one of Israel's most wanted figures for Palestine.
He survived Israeli assassination attempts five times in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2014 when his wife, 3-year-old daughter and toddler son were killed in the attempted assassination.
The death toll in Gaza hit 217 as of Tuesday night, including 63 children and 36 women, in addition to about 1,500 injured, according to figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
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