Israel has tried seven times to assassinate Mohammed Deif, the military brains behind Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Jerusalem attempted an eighth time Saturday.. Optimism is growing in Israel that the ...

Hamas' military leader Mohammed Deif, one of the masterminds of the Oct. 7, 2023 assault on southern Israel, was an elusive figure who had a long and secretive career in the Palestinian group and ...

Deif was one the founders of the group's military wing, the Qassam Brigades, in the 1990s and led the unit for decades. Under his command, Qassam Brigades carried out dozens of suicide bombings ...

Israel said it had confirmed that Mohammed Deif, Hamas’ military chief, was killed in a strike in Gaza last month, an announcement that came a day after the group’s political head Ismail ...

Deif was one of the masterminds of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. He has survived seven Israeli assassination attempts, the most recent in 2021 and has topped ...

Deif, 58, was believed to be one of the masterminds of the Oct. 7, 2023 assault on southern Israel which triggered the Gaza war, and since then had directed Hamas military operations against ...

An Israeli army tank is seen near Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on July 9, 2024. Israel said on July 13 that it had targeted Hamas commanders in airstrikes.

Israel targeted Mohammed Deif, leader of Hamas’ Qassam Brigades, in a July 13 airstrike. That strike was on an area Israel had declared as a safe zone for civilians and killed 90 people, ...

Deif and Hamas, the ICC said, committed war crimes for mass killings of Israeli civilians Oct. 7, 2023, hostage-taking, torture and rape. The ICC said in a statement that it "issued warrants of ...

Hamas leader Muhammad Deif was targeted in the air strike. IDF via Telegram. Outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv Saturday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press ...

Israeli diplomatic sources estimate that despite the strike targeting Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif on Saturday, negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of hostages will continue ...

The Israeli military said Deif, Salama and other Hamas militants were killed July 13 in a joint Israel Defense Forces-Shin Bet operation. The airstrike hit al-Mawasi, an outskirt of Khan Yunis ...