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Mohammed Deif
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Palestinian militant leader, former commander-in-chief of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Salah Shehade
- Succeeded by
- Mohammed Sinwar
- Born
- Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri , ( 1965-08-12 ) 12 August 1965 , Khan Yunis refugee camp , Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip
- Died
- 13 July 2024 (2024-07-13) (aged 58), Khan Yunis , Gaza Strip
- Cause of death
- Assassination by airstrike
- Spouse
- Widad Asfoura ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 ; died 2014 )
- Education
- Islamic University of Gaza ( BSc )
- Nicknames
- Abu Khaled ( kunya ) The Mastermind The Cat with Nine Lives
- Allegiance
- Hamas
- Service years
- 1987–2024
- Rank
- Chief of Staff (2002–2024)
- Commands
- Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades Chief of Staff
- Conflicts
- First Intifada Second Intifada Gaza–Israel conflict 2012 Gaza War 2014 Gaza War 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Gaza war October 7 attacks Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Siege of Khan Yunis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Family name
- Al-Masri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Palestine
- Place of birth
- Khan Yunis
- Place of death
- Khan Yunis
- Occupation
- military leader
- Educated at
- Islamic University of Gaza
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Conflict
- Gaza war
- Number of children
- 6
- Residence
- Gaza Strip
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- name in native language
- محمد الضيف
- allegiance
- Hamas
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- date of birth
- 1965-08-12
- Commons category
- Mohammed Deif
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-07-13
- killed by
- Israeli Air Force
- cause of death
- airstrike
- birth name
- مُحمَّد دياب إبراهيم المصري
- manner of death
- homicide
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Encyclopedic overview
Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri (Arabic: محمد دياب إبراهيم المصري, romanized: Muḥammad Diyāb Ibrāhīm al-Maṣrī; 12 August 1965 – 13 July 2024), better known as Mohammed Deif (Arabic: محمد الضيف), was a Palestinian militant who served as the sixth commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. He succeeded Salah Shehade following the latter's assassination in an Israeli airstrike in July 2002, until his assassination in July 2024. He was succeeded by Mohammed Sinwar, the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar. He was a central figure in the Gaza war and one of the masterminds of the October 7 attacks, alongside Yahya Sinwar.
Deif was born in 1965 in the Khan Yunis Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip, to a family that had fled or been expelled during the 1948 Palestine war. He reportedly left school temporarily to support his low-income family, later graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Islamic University of Gaza in 1988, where he had established a theater group.
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