Avi Issacharoff reported yesterday that, despite Israel’s strikes against top military leaders of Hamas during Operation Protective Edge, the terrorist organization has not yet appointed replacements.

While Hamas has claimed that military chief Mohammad Deif was injured, not killed, the group has apparently appointed a replacement for Deif.

The sources said that Hamas commander Marwan Issa continues to fill in as head of the terror group’s military wing, and that replacements had yet to be appointed for Raed Al-Attar, commander of the Rafah area, and Muhammad Abu Shamala, the head of the Hamas southern command, who were assassinated by Israel on August 21.

Another Hamas commander, Imad al-Alami, was injured in an elevator accident and is still recovering in the hospital.

Earlier this week, Issacharoff reported that Abed a-Rahman Ghaminat, a Hamas leader in charge of operations in Hebron, was implicated as the mastermind behind the kidnapping and killing of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel.

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