What is Mohammed Deif?
{{Infobox military person | name = Mohammed Deif <br/> {{lang|ar|مُحَمَّدٌ ٱلضَّيْفُ}} | image = | caption = <!-- Mohammed Deif after the [[Second Intifada]] --> | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = [[Khan Yunis refugee camp]], [[Gaza Strip]] (under [[Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip |Egyptian rule]]) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|7|13|1965|08|12|df=yes}} | death_place = Al-Mawasi, [[Khan Yunis]], [[Gaza Strip]] | nickname = Abu Khaled ([[Kunya (Arabic)|''kunya'']]) The mastermind (Palestinian nickname){{fact|date=October 2024}} The cat with nine lives (Israeli nickname){{fact|date=October 2024}} | birth_name = Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri | allegiance = {{flagicon|Hamas}} [[Hamas]] | commands = [[Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades]] | serviceyears = 1987{{endash}}present | rank = [[Chief of Staff]] (2002{{endash}}present) | battles = {{tree list}} * [[First Intifada]] * [[Second Intifada]] * [[Gaza–Israel conflict]] ** [[2012 Gaza War]] ** [[2014 Gaza War]] ** [[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis]] ** [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]] *** [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel]] *** [[2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip]] {{tree list/end}} }} {{Hamas history| image = | top = }} {{Palestinian nationalism}} '''Mohammed Deif''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: مُحَمَّدٌ ٱلضَّيْفُ) is the head of staff in the [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]], the military wing of the [[Hamas|Hamas movement]]. He was born in 1965 in the [[Khan Yunis Refugee Camp]] inside the [[Gaza Strip]] that was set up by [[Israel]] after the [[1948 Palestine War]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Messing|first=Dafna|date=2021-05-11|title=Who are you, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, aka Muhammed Deif?|url=https://israel-alma.org/2021/05/11/who-are-you-mohammed-diab-ibrahim-al-masri-aka-muhammed-deif/|access-date=2023-03-04|website=Alma Research and Education Center|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016103514/https://israel-alma.org/2021/05/11/who-are-you-mohammed-diab-ibr