Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan confirmed that the commander of the Qassam Brigades, the movement's military wing in the Gaza Strip, Mohammed Deif, is fine. Hamdan pointed out that "what the Israeli army did in terms of a heinous massacre after bombing civilians, coinciding with its announcement of targeting and assassinating Al-Daif at the time in the same place and mentioning his name (Al-Daif)" was merely a pretext to justify the massacre committed by the occupation." Hamdan pointed out that it was a horrific massacre and that it took place in an area that the Israeli army declared to be a "safe zone." Source: Maan News Agency