Hamas confirms that Mohammed Daif, head of his armed wingunharmed. He is one of the architects of the surprise attack on Israel on October 7 that sparked the recent war in Gaza, and is one of the Israeli military’s most sought-after targets. He is one of the men wanted this weekend in connection with the military action that ended in a massacre at a refugee camp in Mawasi.
“Al-Dhif” means “guest” in Arabic.The nom de guerre of Muhammad Diab Ibrahim al-Masri indicates that he is constantly on the move and resides in the homes of Hamas supporters.
He survived at least eight assassination attempts. He has been involved for thirty years in directing the most severe blows against Israel, as the person responsible for the military strategy. He is a hidden man who forged a myth.
No current images
Living in the shadows is a matter of life and death for him. Does not use modern technology To avoid being tracked.
And so that he cannot be identified, it can be said that there are no pictures of him. They only know each other. four pictures: A 2020 photo, a masked man, a shadow image, and an image found by Israel in an intelligence transfer of millions of computer files during the invasion, according to the Guardian. The October 7 attack was announced in an audio recording illustrated by the shadow image.
He was subjected to multiple Israeli assassination attempts. It is believed to have left him disfigured or partially paralyzed.”According to Hugh Lovatt, a Middle East expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations, who has researched and written about his life.
Since the first intifada
– Born in Khan Yunis refugee camp on August 12, 1965. He joined Hamas when it was founded in 1987.At the beginning of the first intifada, he was 22 years old. Two years later, Israel arrested him and he spent 16 months in prison.
He studied physics, chemistry and biology at the Islamic University of Gaza.
– He joined the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.the armed wing of Hamas, when he was released from prison with the aim of capturing Israeli soldiers. From Gaza, he began to rise rapidly through the ranks of the Islamist group.
His name appears in List of US terrorist agentsSince 1995 he has been on Israel’s wanted list for his role in planning and carrying out numerous attacks, including suicide bombings that killed dozens of Israelis.
In 2000 he was imprisoned again but escaped. In 2002, at the height of the second intifada, he crowned himself head of the Qassam Brigades, after Israel killed its leader, Saleh Shehadeh.
Banker mentality
In the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, Deif’s wife, 3-year-old daughter and 7-month-old son were killed in an attack on their home that was intended to kill him. Since then, he has spent more time underground, evading Israeli intelligence. sophisticated network of underground tunnels Who helped design it.
“He has a hidden mentality. He’s a man in the shadows,” Lovatt says.
Some unconfirmed reports indicate that the guest had been blind in one eye for years and had difficulty speaking, but other reports indicate that the guest was more complete than Israel believed, according to leaks to Hebrew media that came from intelligence services.
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