Mohammed Daif: Who Was The ‘Seven-Souled’ Military Leader Of Hamas – Built Gaza’s Infamous Tunnels

Almost 24 hours after the assassination of Ismail Haniya in Tehran, Hamas also lost its military leader, Mohammed Daif, to an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. The loss of Daif is a serious blow to the Palestinian organization, especially since he was a symbol for its fighters, since his life embodied all the “virtues” of Hamas. His real name was Mohammad Masri, and he was born in 1965 in the Khan Younis refugee camp, which was set up after the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. In 1987, during the first Intifada, he joined Hamas and adopted the name Mohammed Deif. He then graduated from the Islamic University in Gaza, receiving a degree in Physics, Chemistry and Biology, a move unusual for a Palestinian of the time, who was affiliated with Hamas, since most focused on clerical studies. He was arrested by Israel in 1989 and spent 16 months in solitary confinement while slowly rising through the ranks of the Palestinian organization, developing the infamous […]
Source: News Beast

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