Who is Mohammed Deif, the Hamas military commander in Gaza?
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Longtime leader of Qassam Brigades is among Israel’s most wanted and has been targeted by air strikes multiple times.
Mohammed Deif, the military commander of Hamas in Gaza, has escaped another Israeli attempt to kill him and is doing “fine”, a senior official of the Palestinian group says.
The Hamas official’s statement on Sunday followed reports that Deif was targeted in a massive Israeli air strike on the besieged territory’s southern area that killed at least 90 people and wounded 300 others.
“Commander Mohammed Deif is well and directly overseeing” the operations of the Hamas military wing, the official told AFP news agency.
Israel says its Saturday bombing of the al-Mawasi camp, a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza, was aimed at killing Deif, who has long topped Israel’s most wanted list.
In response to the Hamas claim, Israel’s Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi said in a televised statement on Sunday that Hamas is “concealing the results” of its air strike on a compound where Deif was allegedly hiding.
