Mohammed Deif, this is who terrorizes Israel with Iran’s money
Deif is the supreme military commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, the most ruthless terrorist organization active in Gaza. The point
Yesterday the world witnessed live social media terror unfolding in the streets of Israel, cowardly attacked on a day of celebration from land, sea and air. Heartbreaking images of villages hit by missiles that not even the Iron Dome defense system was able to intercept; entire families massacred in their homes or at bus stops; civilians of all ages and soldiers seized and dragged to Gaza to be beaten by screaming mobs.
The toll of what has been appropriately defined as Israel's September 11th is very heavy: 300 dead citizens, almost a thousand injured and an unknown number of hostages, to which must be added the victims of punitive raids by the Jewish state's air force in Gaza , the Palestinian enclave returned from Jerusalem after the dramatic evacuation of 2005.
In short, a massacre wanted and planned also by Israel's main enemy, Iran, and carried out by its point man in Gaza, the commander of the military wing of Hamas who bears the name of Mohammed Deif.
Who is Mohammed Deif?
Deif is the supreme military commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, the most ruthless terrorist organization active in Gaza, armed and financed by the Islamic Republic.
He is one of the most wanted men in the world who survived several assassination attempts by Israeli forces. He is also known as "the ghost" for his ability to evade Israeli surveillance with a lifestyle bordering on nomadism. There is only a faded photo of him just like it was for Matteo Messina Denaro.
Deif was born in 1965 in Khan Yunis refugee camp at the time Gaza was administered by Egypt. He joined Hamas in the late 1980s, as the first intifada was drawing to a close, and acquired early notoriety for his role in the killing and kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. He is one of the leaders of the Qassam brigades, of which he became commander in 2002 after the death of the previous leader, Salah Sheade, in an Israeli raid.
Since then he has led a shadowy existence and appears to have been paralyzed due to numerous wounds suffered during multiple attacks in Jerusalem. The most recent attempt on his life dates back to 2014, when an Israeli bombing killed his wife and young son.
Since becoming commander he has no longer appeared in public. His voice was last heard in May 2021, when he warned Israel of the “harsh price” it would pay if it did not meet Hamas' demands on Jerusalem.
In 2009 he was included in the US list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists . The State Department describes him as "a key figure in the military wing of Hamas" accusing him of being responsible for "numerous terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians."
Over the course of his long criminal career he has distinguished himself for his skill in asymmetric warfare tactics, including the use of suicide bombers, rockets, drones and tunnels.
The proclamation.
Yesterday Deif came out into the open with a proclamation spread on social media as an attack was underway: a real call to arms of "our people in Jerusalem… in the Negev, in the Galilee and in the Triangle", i.e. the area of Israel between Umm al-Fahn and Wadi Ara.
In the vein of ISIS lone wolf calls, Deif's message urged Palestinians to attack Israel "with all the means and instruments at your disposal… Take out your guns today, and anyone who doesn't have a gun carry a knife , a cleaver or an axe.”
“O righteous mujahedeen – the words pronounced by the commander – this is your day to make the enemy understand that his time has come”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/mohammed-deif-ecco-chi-terrorizza-israele/ on Sun, 08 Oct 2023 06:31:56 +0000.