Beirut. For the first time, Hamas has admitted the killing of the organization’s chief Mohammed Deif. According to the media, Deef, known as Laden of Gaza, has been murdered. Israel had confirmed the killing of Mohammed Deif months ago. The report, citing an Arabic source, said the group’s leadership inside and outside the Gaza Strip had received new indications confirming Deif’s killing. The Israeli army announced in July that it had killed Deif in an attack in the al-Mawasi area near Khan Yunis, but Hamas denied that he had been killed. Now Hamas sources told local media that officials around Deif have confirmed that contact with Deif was lost after it was targeted in the Israeli campaign. Sources said officials around Deif delivered a written message confirming that contact with him had been lost. It was also reported that half the body of a man was found at the site of the target a few days after the attack on 13 July. There is a claim about it that it could be of Mohammad Deef. The alleged dead body was kept for several hours. Hamas sources said that based on the sample, those responsible for Deif’s security confirmed that half of the body found was his. Hamas had investigated two suspects who allegedly leaked Deif’s location to Israel. Sources said Hamas also investigated two people. The report called him a mail messenger. The first suspect is a resident of Rafah, who used to deliver messages between the leaders of the Al-Qasim Brigade. He was reportedly accompanied by a second suspect who delivered messages directly to Rafa Salama, the head of Al Qasim’s Khan Younis branch.