Mohammed Deif, Hamas’ shadowy longtime military leader and one of the alleged masterminds of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, is said to be dead.
Palestinians evacuate a body from a site hit by an Israel i bombardment on Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on July 13, 2024., Hamas ’ longtime shadowy military leader and one of the alleged masterminds of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, is said to be dead following an Israel i airstrike last month.One of the founders of Hamas ’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the 1990s, Deif led the unit for decades.
But the alleged demise of Deif, a long-wanted figure said to be behind the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, would also be a major win for Israel.
He would go on to found Hamas’ network in the West Bank in 1993, the year that Israel reached an interim peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Israeli military said. That same year, he was also promoted to the head of Hamas’ armed wing, it said.
Deif is also thought to have helped expand Hamas’ labyrinth of underground tunnels in Gaza — where he is believed to have hidden during the ongoing war.
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