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UPDATED 8:35 AM PST – Sat. Sept. 14, 2019
President Trump confirms Osama bin Laden’s son was killed in U.S. counterterrorism operation.A screen grab from an undated handout video made available by the Central Intelligence Agency shows Hamza bin Laden, the son of late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. (Photo: CIA HANDOUT, EPA-EFE)According to the White House Saturday Hamza bin Ladin, was killed in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, during a counterterrorism operation in late July.In a statement, the president said “the loss of Hamza bin Ladin not only deprives Al-Qaida of important leadership skills, but also undermines important operational activities of the group.”The death of Hamza comes just days after the 18th anniversary of 9/11, which the insurgent group carried out back in 2001.