NEW: President Trump confirms Osama bin Laden's son Hamza killed in US operation.
Hamza bin Laden, the son and potential successor of late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation, President Donald Trump confirmed Saturday.
His death will not only deprive al Qaeda"of important leadership skills and the symbolic connection to his father, but undermines important operational activities of the group," the statement said.NBC News first reported in July that the U.S. had obtained intelligence Hamza was killed,The death occurred some time in the past two years, said the officials, but confirmation came only recently.
Hamza went with him and appeared in al Qaeda propaganda videos. As leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden oversaw operations against Western targets that culminated in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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