Hamas leader Mohammad Deif targeted in strike on southern Gaza

Some 20 people were reportedly killed and over 120 others wounded in an Israeli attack on an area for displaced persons in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Report informs referring to The Jerusalem Post.

Mohammad Deif, the leader of the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing, was targeted in an airstrike in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza, Israel's Army Radio reported on Saturday.

It is unclear if Deif was hit in the strike, and his current status is unknown.

Army Radio correspondent Doron Kadosh reported that a security source noted that, as far as was known, no hostages were held at the scene of the strike. An additional two security sources reportedly stated that the attempted elimination of Deif occurred while the Hamas leader was above ground, as opposed to inside a tunnel.

Israeli media reported that Rafa Salama, the commander of Hamas's Khan Yunis Brigade, was also a target of the Israeli strike.

Army Radio added that Deif and Salama had been hiding in a building near tents of displaced persons in the area.