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	'''Mohammed Deif''' ({{lang-ar\|محمّد ضيف }}; born 1965 in [[Khan Younis]]), born '''Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri''',<ref name="israelnationalnews.com">{{cite web\|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184241#.U_TTyU3D-Uk\|title=Hamas Confirms: Mohammed Deif is Still Alive\|work=Arutz Sheva\|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> is a [[Palestinian]] chief of staff and supreme military commander of [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]], the military wing of [[Hamas]]. He has been Israel's 'most wanted' man ~~for the last 26 years~~ since 1995 for killing of IDF soldiers, suicide bombings and kidnappings.<ref name=WhoIs>{{cite news\|title=Who is Mohammed Deif?\|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.611572\|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]\|date=20 August 2014}}</ref> The most recent Israeli attempt to kill Deif was during [[Operation Guardian of the Walls]] in May 2021.<ref name=operation_2021>{{cite web\|url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israel-still-trying-to-eliminate-hamas-chief-mohammed-deif-in-gaza-668496\|title=Israel tried to kill Hamas chief Mohammed Deif twice in Gaza operation\|publisher=Jerusalem Post\|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> Deif's wife, infant son, and daughter were killed in a 2014 ~~attack~~.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Aug-21/267987-body-of-deifs-daughter-3-pulled-from-gaza-rubble.ashx#ixzz3B3ZN76b9\|title=Body of Deif's daughter, 3, pulled from Gaza rubble\|work=The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon\|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>		'''Mohammed Deif''' ({{lang-ar\|محمّد ضيف }}; born 1965 in [[Khan Younis]]), born '''Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri''',<ref name="israelnationalnews.com">{{cite web\|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184241#.U_TTyU3D-Uk\|title=Hamas Confirms: Mohammed Deif is Still Alive\|work=Arutz Sheva\|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> is a [[Palestinian]] chief of staff and supreme military commander of [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]], the military wing of [[Hamas]]. He has been Israel's 'most wanted' man since 1995 for killing IDF soldiers, planning suicide bombings and kidnappings.<ref name=WhoIs>{{cite news\|title=Who is Mohammed Deif?\|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.611572\|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]\|date=20 August 2014}}</ref> The most recent Israeli attempt to kill Deif was during [[Operation Guardian of the Walls]] in May 2021.<ref name=operation_2021>{{cite web\|url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israel-still-trying-to-eliminate-hamas-chief-mohammed-deif-in-gaza-668496\|title=Israel tried to kill Hamas chief Mohammed Deif twice in Gaza operation\|publisher=Jerusalem Post\|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> Deif's wife, infant son, and daughter were killed by an Israeli attack in 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Aug-21/267987-body-of-deifs-daughter-3-pulled-from-gaza-rubble.ashx#ixzz3B3ZN76b9\|title=Body of Deif's daughter, 3, pulled from Gaza rubble\|work=The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon\|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>

	The [[United States Department of State]] added Deif to its list of [[Specially Designated Global Terrorist]]s on 8 September 2015.<ref>{{cite news\|title=US Blacklists 4 Hamas, Hezbollah Operatives\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/09/08/us/politics/ap-us-united-states-israel.html?_r=0\|work=The New York Times\|date=8 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/09/246686.htm\|title=Terrorist Designations of Yahya Sinwar, Rawhi Mushtaha, and Muhammed Deif\|publisher=United States Department of State\|date=8 September 2015\|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>		The [[United States Department of State]] added Deif to its list of [[Specially Designated Global Terrorist]]s on 8 September 2015.<ref>{{cite news\|title=US Blacklists 4 Hamas, Hezbollah Operatives\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/09/08/us/politics/ap-us-united-states-israel.html?_r=0\|work=The New York Times\|date=8 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/09/246686.htm\|title=Terrorist Designations of Yahya Sinwar, Rawhi Mushtaha, and Muhammed Deif\|publisher=United States Department of State\|date=8 September 2015\|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>

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'''Mohammed Deif''' ({{lang-ar|محمّد ضيف }}; born 1965 in [[Khan Younis]]), born '''Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri''',<ref name="israelnationalnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184241#.U_TTyU3D-Uk|title=Hamas Confirms: Mohammed Deif is Still Alive|work=Arutz Sheva|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> is a [[Palestinian]] chief of staff and supreme military commander of [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]], the military wing of [[Hamas]]. He has been Israel's 'most wanted' man for the last 26 years since 1995 for killing of IDF soldiers, suicide bombings and kidnappings.<ref name=WhoIs>{{cite news|title=Who is Mohammed Deif?|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.611572|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]|date=20 August 2014}}</ref> The most recent Israeli attempt to kill Deif was during [[Operation Guardian of the Walls]] in May 2021.<ref name=operation_2021>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israel-still-trying-to-eliminate-hamas-chief-mohammed-deif-in-gaza-668496|title=Israel tried to kill Hamas chief Mohammed Deif twice in Gaza operation|publisher=Jerusalem Post|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> Deif's wife, infant son, and daughter were killed in a 2014 attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Aug-21/267987-body-of-deifs-daughter-3-pulled-from-gaza-rubble.ashx#ixzz3B3ZN76b9|title=Body of Deif's daughter, 3, pulled from Gaza rubble|work=The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>

The [[United States Department of State]] added Deif to its list of [[Specially Designated Global Terrorist]]s on 8 September 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=US Blacklists 4 Hamas, Hezbollah Operatives|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/09/08/us/politics/ap-us-united-states-israel.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date=8 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/09/246686.htm|title=Terrorist Designations of Yahya Sinwar, Rawhi Mushtaha, and Muhammed Deif|publisher=United States Department of State|date=8 September 2015|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>

==Hamas==
Deif joined Hamas in 1990 with the help of [[Yahya Ayyash]] and [[Adnan al-Ghoul]], his long time associates.<ref name=idfblog>{{cite web|title=Mohammad Deif – Head of the Armed Wing|url=http://www.idfblog.com/hamas/2012/01/21/mohammad-deif/|publisher=IDF|access-date=15 November 2012|date=21 January 2012}}</ref> In 1994, Deif was involved in the kidnappings and killing of IDF soldiers Shahar Simani, Aryeh Frankenthal and [[Nachshon Wachsman]]. He was personally responsible along with Yahya Ayyash behind the bus bombings in Jerusalem and Ashkelon, attacks that killed about 50 Israelis. Five suicide bombers he sent into Israel in March 2000 were killed by [[Yamam]]. After his release from PA prison in April 2001, he was involved in a 'wave of bombing attacks' that lasted several months during the second intifada.<ref name=WhoIs />

Deif became the supreme military commander of the [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]] after [[Israel]] assassinated [[Salah Shehade]] in July 2002.<ref name=bbc2002>{{cite news|last=Asser|first=Martin|title=Profile: Hamas commander Mohammed Deif|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2284055.stm|access-date=15 November 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=26 September 2002}}</ref> Israel holds him directly responsible for the murder of dozens of civilians in numerous [[suicide bombing]]s since 1995, among them the [[Jaffa Road bus bombings]] in [[Jerusalem]]. He along with [[Nidal Fat'hi Rabah Farahat]] and Adnan al-Ghoul played a key role in the attacks perpetrated in Israel. Deif has been the top of Israel's most wanted list for over two decades.

In February 2006, some Israeli media argued that Deif would build an [[Al Qaeda]] network in the Gaza Strip since he did not support the approach of Hamas. This claim, however, was denied by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.<ref name=idfblog />

==Assassination attempts ==
He has survived five Israeli air strikes, which caused him serious injuries and handicaps. Despite initial reports of his death in an Israeli air strike on 27 September 2002, an Israeli intelligence official confirmed that he survived the attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/09/27/mideast/index.html|title=Official: Hamas target survives Israeli attack|publisher=CNN|date=27 September 2002|access-date=15 November 2012}}</ref> His senior assistant, [[Adnan al-Ghoul]], was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 21 October 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel raid kills Gaza Hamas man |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3764734.stm |access-date=31 August 2019 |date=22 October 2004}}</ref>

In the early morning hours of 12 July 2006, an Israeli F16 aircraft bombed a house in which high-level ranking Hamas leaders were meeting. Deif survived the blast, but severely injured his spine.<ref name=wltx>{{cite news|title=Israel's Most Wanted Man Seriously Injured in Bombing|url=http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=39802|access-date=15 November 2012|newspaper=WLTX|date=12 July 2006|agency=AP|location=Gaza City}}</ref> After this event, [[Ahmed Jabari]] became the acting commander of Hamas military wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades .<ref name=usatoday>{{cite news|last=Chabin|first=Michele|title=Israelis brace for attacks after Hamas leader killed|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/11/14/israeli-airstrike-hamas-military-chief/1704159/|access-date=17 November 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=14 November 2012|location=Jerusalem}}</ref>

On 19 August 2014, the Israeli air force conducted an airstrike on a house in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/20/c_133571235.htm|title=Israeli airstrikes target Hamas military chief in Gaza: report|publisher=[[Xinhua]]|date=20 August 2014}}</ref> that killed one of Deif's wives (27-year-old Widad), and two of his children (7-month-old son Ali, and 3-year-old daughter Sara), and also three civilians.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-strip.html|title = After Strike on Family, Fate of Hamas Commander is Unknown|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 20 August 2014|last1 = Kershner|first1 = Isabel|last2 = Akram|first2 = Fares}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4561087,00.html|title=Hamas vows revenge for Deif's family|work=ynet|date=20 August 2014|access-date=9 September 2015|last1=Levy|first1=Elior}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184278|title=Hamas Terror Chief's Daughter Killed in Strike Too - Middle East - News - Arutz Sheva|work=Arutz Sheva|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> Hamas denied that Deif was killed.<ref name="israelnationalnews.com"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-war-israel-targets-hamas-commander-mohammed-deif/|title=Gaza killing resumes with peace talks in tatters|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=20 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/mideast-gaza-idINL5N0QQ06E20140820|title=UPDATE 4-Gaza war rages on, Hamas says Israel tried to kill its military chief|work=[[Reuters]]|date=20 August 2014}}</ref>

In April 2015, it was reported in Israeli media citing intelligence sources that Deif survived the assassination attempt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Israel-believes-wanted-Hamas-commander-Deif-is-alive-in-Gaza-400525|title=Hamas military commander Deif said to be alive in Gaza Strip|work=The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>

During [[Operation Guardian of the Walls]] in May 2021, it was reported that Israel military had tried to kill Deif twice in one week but that he got away at the last minute both times.<ref name=operation_2021 />

==Quotes==
In December 2010, the Hamas movement marked the 23rd anniversary of its establishment with an official booklet entitled ''The Path of Glory'' (Darb al-ezza), which includes statements by Hamas military leaders alongside statistical and numerical data on military operations carried out against Israel.

Mohammed Deif wrote: "The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades ... are better prepared to continue on our exclusive path to which there is no alternative, and that is the path of jihad and the fight against the enemies of the Muslim nation and mankind.... We say to our enemies: you are going on the path to extinction (zawal), and Palestine will remain ours including Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Al-Aqsa (mosque), its towns and villages from the (Mediterranean) Sea to the (Jordan) River, from its North to its South. You have no right to even an inch of it."<ref>{{cite web|author=Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi |url=http://jcpa.org/article/talking-to-hamas-%E2%80%93-increasing-expressions-of-genocidal-intent-by-hamas-leaders-against-the-jews/|title=Talking to Hamas? – Increasing Expressions of Genocidal Intent by Hamas Leaders Against the Jews |publisher=Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs|date=3 January 2011|access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

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