The US on Saturday confirmed that Hamza bin Laden, son of terror group al-Qaeda’s founder Osama bin Laden, is dead.In a statement, the White House said Hamza was killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

The statement said the loss of Hamza not only deprives al-Qaeda of important leadership skills and the symbolic connection to his father, but undermines important operational activities of the group.

Hamza’s last known public statement was released by al-Qaeda’s media arm in 2018. In that message, he had threatened Saudi Arabia and called on the people of the Arabian peninsula to revolt.