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Mohammed Deif | |
|---|---|
| محمد الضيف | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri 12 August 1965 Khan Yunis refugee camp, Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip |
| Political party |  Hamas |
| Spouse |
1st wife (date missing) |
| Relations | before 1948 his family lived in Al-Qubayba (Arabic: القبيبة).[1] |
| Children | 2 children killed in 2014: 4 other children: Hala,[a] Omar,[a] Bahaa,[b] and Khaled.[b] |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza |
| Nickname | Abu Khaled (kunya)
The mastermind (Palestinian nickname) The cat with nine lives (Israeli nickname) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Hamas and  Palestine |
| Years of service | 1987–present |
| Rank | Chief of Staff (2002–present) |
| Commands | Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades Chief of Staff. |
| Battles/wars | |
Mohammed al-Masri (Arabic: محمد المصري; born August 12, 1965), known as Mohammed Deif (Arabic: محمد الضيف), is a Palestinian militant and the head of the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamist organization Hamas.
Mohammed al-Masri was born in 1965 in the Khan Yunis Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip that was set up after the 1948 Palestine war. He reportedly left school temporarily to support his low-income family. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Islamic University of Gaza in 1988.
Masri joined Hamas in 1987 and became known as Mohammed Deif, meaning 'guest' in Arabic, possibly in reference to the nomadic lifestyle he adopted to avoid being targeted. During the 1990s and early 2000s, he planned several suicide bombing attacks, including the 1996 Jaffa Road bus bombings. He became the head of the al-Qassam Brigades in 2002, and has since developed the group's capabilities, transforming it from a cluster of amateur cells to organized military units. He has masterminded the group's strategy of combining rocket attacks on Israel with tunnel warfare, and was central to planning the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel that initiated the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.
Deif has been the Israeli military's 'most wanted' man since 1995 for killing Israeli soldiers and civilians. He was detained by the Palestinian Authority at Israel's request in 2000 before escaping months later. He has survived at least seven Israeli assassination attempts since 2001, the most recent of which came during the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. His wife, infant son, and 3-year-old daughter were killed in an Israeli airstrike in 2014. The United States Department of State added Deif to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists in 2015. The European Union added Deif to their terrorist blacklist in 2023. In May 2024, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants for Deif and several other Hamas and Israeli leaders as part of the ICC investigation in Palestine, citing charges of "extermination, murder, taking of hostages, rape, and sexual assault in detention."[4]
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- ^ محمد الضيف.. فنان يقود كتائب القسام [Muhammad Al-Deif...an artist who leads the Al-Qassam Brigades]. Palestine Encyclopedia (in Arabic). Al Jazeera Arabic. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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