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Who is Mohammed Deif, mastermind behind Hamas’ attack in Israel?

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Mia Horton

Published Dec 28, 2025

Deif’s initial life remains covered in secret
Deif’s affinity for emotional activities was created during his time in an acting group at the Islamic College of Gaza
Deif rose through the positions of the Qassam Detachments, the tactical wing of Hamas

The voice heard in the video, which was delivered not long after the Saturday assault on Israel started, is accepted to have a place with Mohammed Deif, the commandant of Hamas’ tactical wing and the driving force behind the attack into Israel. The mass strike that occurred on Saturday morning has brought about a loss of life of something like 600 individuals in Israel and in excess of 2,000 Israelis harmed, heightening his long term crusade against the Jewish state to a new, fierce, and unusual level.

At the same time with Deif’s communicated message, many Hamas warriors penetrated the line wall between the barricaded Gaza Strip and Israeli domain. They spread across southern Israel under the front of thousands of rockets.

Surprisingly fast, Hamas figured out how to send off an exceptional beginning assault against Israel while additionally taking various prisoners, assessed at around 100. Hamas’ virtual entertainment channels delivered all around created recordings portraying its aggressors paragliding over the line and realistic pictures of dead soldiers and terrified Israeli regular citizens.

In spite of being pursued by Israel for quite a long time and enduring an airstrike quite a while back that left him supposedly wheelchair-bound with the deficiency of far too much, Deif’s capacity to outsmart Israel’s military while causing setbacks among the two soldiers and regular people has gained him the appreciation of Palestinian aggressors.

Mohammed Deif is the leader of the Hamas’ military wing. He is known for his tactical thinking and reportedly planned the deadliest and most daring attack against Israel in 50 years on Saturday

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Who is Mohammed Deif?

Born as Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri during the 1960s in the Khan Younis outcast camp in Gaza, Deif’s initial life remains covered in secret. Gaza was under Egyptian control at that point, and it is accepted that either his uncle or father took part in furnished Palestinian strikes into similar region where Deif’s warriors penetrated on Saturday.

Very little is had some significant awareness of Deif; even his name is a subject of secret. Some who knew him during the 1980s guarantee he went by the name Deif, while others knew him by his original name. Just a single grainy photo of him is accessible in the public space.

Deif’s propensity for emotional activities was created during his time in an acting group at the Islamic College of Gaza, a hotbed of the Egyptian part of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political Islam. By the last part of the 1980s, when Hamas was born during the primary intifada against Israel’s occupation, Deif was in his twenties.

Ghazi Hamad, presently a Hamas politburo part, imparted a jail cell to Deif when they were both imprisoned by the Israelis. Hamad reviewed Deif as a thoughtful individual and a loyalist who used to make kid’s shows to make others giggle.

Notwithstanding, any hint of generosity appeared to blur as Hamas did self destruction bombings that wrecked the Oslo Accords. Deif is considered liable for various non military personnel passings in self destruction bombings, remembering a flood of assaults for 1996 that killed a bigger number of than 50 regular citizens.

Deif is said to have gained from Yahya Ayyash, a bombmaker with the nickname “Designer,” who was killed by Israel in 1996 utilizing a cell phone loaded with explosives.

Deif rose through the positions of the Qassam Units, the tactical wing of Hamas, and assumed a part in fostering the early simple rockets. Hamas currently has a huge number of rockets, with 3,500 terminated on a solitary day during the Saturday assault.

As per the Israeli authority acquainted with Deif’s security record, he looked for high-influence targets, like pilgrims and soldiers in the involved domains, transports in Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. He likewise administered rocket blasts that constrained Israelis into reinforced hideouts at ordinary stretches.

Inside Hamas, the authority said, Deif went against the complicated dance wherein Hamas sporadically consented to stop battling in return for Israel permitting extra assets into the barricaded Gaza Strip or conceding more work grants for Gazans.