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Channel 12 published a new photo of the commander of Hamas' military wing. The report also stated that one of his legs is missing.

Mohammed Deif has been on Israel's 'most wanted' list for nearly three decades. ... Deif is behind the military operation launched from the Gaza Strip that caught Israel off guard on Saturday, October 7. After intense fighting that caused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare war on Hamas, Deif, perhaps more than ever, is in Tel Aviv's crosshairs. As Deif’s bounty rises, his star in Gaza is expected to rise too. His “prestige” was already strong, says Omri Brinner, an Israel and Middle East analyst at the International Team for the Study of Security Verona (ITSS). “But with this operation...

Since the Democrats took control of the White House and both Houses of Congress a hundred days ago, the Middle East has become a powder keg. But Israel's ruling class sees nothing. In Afghanistan and Iraq, violent attacks against US forces are rising steeply. From January through April, attacks on US forces increased 40%. President Joe Biden's announcement that the US will withdraw its forces from the country by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the jihadist attacks on the US worsened the situation by communicating a message of profound American weakness and defeatism. The Taliban, al-Qaida and Iran clearly...

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri has said that the elusive head of the terror group's "military wing", Mohammed Deif, is still "alive and well" despite an IDF assassination attempt which killed his wife and son. "The occupation will pay for its crimes against the Palestinian people," declared Abu-Zuhri, who added a chilling warning to the people of southern Israel. "The residents of the Gaza periphery will return to their homes only by the decision of the commander Mohammed Deif and one Israeli commitment to stop the aggression and lift the siege," he threatened. Adding to the threats, Hamas spokesperson Fawzi...

The supreme military chief of Hamas wounded in a raid of Israel JERUSALEM - the supreme chief of the branch armed with Hamas, Mohammed Deif, was wounded at the time of a raid of Israeli aviation close to Gaza, indicated to Wednesday morning a military spokesman in Tel-Aviv. "Mohammed Deif was wounded in the night at the time of a raid of aviation against a house of Sheik Radwan, close to Gaza, but we are unaware of the gravity of its wounds", it specified. A Palestinian medical source confirmed with AFP that Mr. Deif was wounded and operated. According...

Shadowy Hamas Leader Resurfaces in Video Saturday, August 27, 2005 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Islamic militant group Hamas (search) released a videotape of a shadowy senior commander who has eluded Israeli forces for more than a decade, taking another shot in a Palestinian power struggle over who should get credit for Israel's pullout from Gaza. The man, identifying himself as fugitive bombmaker Mohammed Deif (search), described Israel's withdrawal as a victory for armed resistance, rejected calls for his group to disarm and vowed to continue attacking Israel until the Jewish state is erased from the map. "You are...