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He joined the [[Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas]] in 1989 and the fighters of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades in 1993. Mohammad Deif is one of the close associates of [[Yahya Ayyash]]. He was appointed as the commander of this brigade when Salah Mustafa was killed in 2002. Israel considers him as one of the designers of the suicide operations of the Palestinians against the Israelis since 1996. He is also one of the three main designers of the Qassam rockets and was under arrest by the [[Palestinian Authority]] (PA); from May 2000 to April 2001. Also, he was in charge of digging a network of underground tunnels in Gaza. It is believed that Deif himself spends most of his time in these tunnels to escape the attacks of the Israeli army and leads the military operations of Hamas from there. | He joined the [[Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas]] in 1989 and the fighters of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades in 1993. Mohammad Deif is one of the close associates of [[Yahya Ayyash]]. He was appointed as the commander of this brigade when Salah Mustafa was killed in 2002. Israel considers him as one of the designers of the suicide operations of the Palestinians against the Israelis since 1996. He is also one of the three main designers of the Qassam rockets and was under arrest by the [[Palestinian Authority]] (PA); from May 2000 to April 2001. Also, he was in charge of digging a network of underground tunnels in Gaza. It is believed that Deif himself spends most of his time in these tunnels to escape the attacks of the Israeli army and leads the military operations of Hamas from there. | ||
==Attempt to assassinate== | ==Attempt to assassinate== | ||
Israel has tried several times to kill Mohammad Deif,four of which were in the 2000s. He was severely wounded in an air strike on the house of a Hamas member in 2006 and lost one of his eyes and one of his legs. During a night raid by Israeli air force jets on a residential house in the Gaza Strip on August 19, 2014, three members of a family; including a woman and a girl, were identified among the casualties. | [[Israel]] has tried several times to kill Mohammad Deif,four of which were in the 2000s. He was severely wounded in an air strike on the house of a Hamas member in 2006 and lost one of his eyes and one of his legs. During a night raid by Israeli air force jets on a residential house in the Gaza Strip on August 19, 2014, three members of a family; including a woman and a girl, were identified among the casualties. | ||
Israeli authorities claim that the third person, Mohammad Deif, was the father of this family and one of the commanders of the 2014 battle between Israel and Gaza. The next day, the killing of Mohammad Deif was denied and only the death of his wife and infant daughter was confirmed. However, it seems that Deif is still alive. Because of Israel's failures in assassinating Deif; he has been nicknamed "the cat with nine lives" by Israel. | Israeli authorities claim that the third person, Mohammad Deif, was the father of this family and one of the commanders of the 2014 battle between Israel and Gaza. The next day, the killing of Mohammad Deif was denied and only the death of his wife and infant daughter was confirmed. However, it seems that Deif is still alive. Because of Israel's failures in assassinating Deif; he has been nicknamed "the cat with nine lives" by Israel. | ||
==Enemy number one== | ==Enemy number one== | ||
Deif's avoidance of using modern communication technology has enabled him to escape from [[Israel]]'s attacks. Israel considers Mohammad Deif Ibrahim al-Masri as its "enemy number one" and holds him responsible for the deaths of many Israelis. | Deif's avoidance of using modern communication technology has enabled him to escape from [[Israel]]'s attacks. Israel considers Mohammad Deif Ibrahim al-Masri as its "enemy number one" and holds him responsible for the deaths of many Israelis. | ||