“We can now confirm: Mohammed Deif was eliminated.” This is the short message on X in which Israel’s military (IDF) announces that it has killed the commander of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. Deif is said to have been the main man behind the Hamas attack against Israel on 7 October last year. Israel claims that Deif was killed in an attack on 13 July 2024 in the area of Khan Younis in Gaza. – After an intelligence analysis, we can confirm that Mohammed Deif was killed in the attack, the IDF writes in a statement reproduced by Reuters. The brain behind 7 October 58-year-old Mohammed Deif has led the al-Qassam brigades for over 20 years. Deif is considered the architect of the October 7 attack, in which Hamas killed more than 1,000 Israelis and took 250 hostages. Since then he has been one of Israel’s main targets in the war. Deif is known as a mysterious leader who few know what he looks like. There are only four known pictures of Deif. After the October 7 attack, Israel responded by attacking Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the war, which has now raged for 300 days. Attack on refugee camp The news that Mohammed Deif was killed in mid-July came at the same time as thousands of people took part in a commemoration after the murder of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. On 13 July, Israel carried out a major attack against a refugee camp in Al-Mawasi, which is close to the town of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then said that the aim was to kill Mohammed Deif and the leader of the Khan Younis Brigades, Rafa Salama. Israel was quick to claim that Salama was killed in the attack. Deif’s fate has so far been unknown. Hamas claimed he was not killed in the attack. The Gaza StripMilitary leader: Mohammed Deif Political leader: Ismail Haniyeh Role in the conflict: At war with Israel Under strict control of Israel The Al-Mawasi refugee camp was located in what according to Israel was supposed to be a “safe zone” for civilians. Over 90 Palestinian civilians were killed in the attack, according to the authorities. Around 300 were injured. “The guest” When the attacks against Israel began on October 7, Hamas’ TV channel published an audio clip. The sound should be Mohammed Deif’s voice. In the audio clip, Deif said, among other things, that the attacks were motivated by Israel’s occupation. That same morning, the armed Palestinian group Islamic Jihad said it was joining the war. From left: Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s military branch in the Gaza Strip, Mohammed Deif, and the head of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. Haniyeh was killed in Iran on the night of Wednesday. Deif is said to have been killed in July, claims Israel. Photo: MAHMUD HAMS][- / AFP Mohammed Deif’s real name is Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri. “Deif” means “the guest” in Arabic, a nickname he is said to have been given because it is said that Deif does not spend more than one night in the same place to avoid being killed. The announcement that Deif will be killed comes after Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an attack on Iran’s capital Tehran on Wednesday night. Israel has not commented on the attack. Targeted attacks On Tuesday evening, Israel killed Hezbollah’s deputy leader Fouad Shukr in an attack on Lebanon’s capital Beirut. Both Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, and the Hezbollah movement, based in Lebanon, are supported by Iran. Deif is also said to have been responsible for several of Hamas’s suicide operations. He is known for organizing terrorist attacks against Israel and is said to have been central to the establishment of Hamas’ extensive network of tunnels under the Gaza Strip. A group of men carry away a body after Israel attacked a refugee camp outside Khan Younis on July 13. Israel said the attack targeted Mohammed Deif. They confirm that Deif was killed in an attack against the same place that day. Photo: Jehad Alshrafi / AP After the October 7 attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel will destroy Hamas. He singled out three of the organization’s top leaders in particular: Hamas’s commander in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, Muhammed Deif and Deif’s second-in-command, Marwan Issa. Issa is said to have been killed in March. Interested in foreign affairs? Listen to the foreign affairs editor’s recent podcast: Published 01.08.2024, at 10.32 Updated 01.08.2024, at 11.49
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