Mohammed Deif
Head of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
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| 2025 | Hamas began using photos of Deif at ceremonies for hostage releases during the Gaza war ceasefire agreement. |
| February 2025 | ICC arrest warrant was cancelled. |
| February 2025 | ICC cancelled the arrest warrant for Deif, citing inability to verify his death. |
| January 30 2025 | Hamas confirmed Deif's death after initially denying it. |
| January 30 2025 | Hamas officially confirmed Deif's death after Israel's months-long denial. |
| January 30 2025 | The Qassam Brigades officially confirmed Mohammed Deif's death and revealed his face for the first time, ending years of keeping his identity obscured. |
| November 2024 | Reports emerged from the London-based Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat indicating that Hamas had privately accepted Mohammed Deif's death, although Hamas subsequently released a statement denying this acknowledgment. |
| November 21 2024 | The ICC officially indicted Deif for war crimes, holding him responsible for mass killings, hostage taking, and rape during the 7 October attacks. |
| November 21 2024 | The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Mohammed Deif, stating that it was unable to confirm his death and that the warrant would be withdrawn upon confirmation of his status. |
| November 21 2024 | The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Deif, stating that they were unable to confirm his death. |
| October 2024 | Hamas publicly stated that the reports of Mohammed Deif's death were false, while also denying the death of Yahya Sinwar. The following day, Hamas acknowledged the death of Sinwar but did not comment further on Deif. |
| September 3 2024 | The United States Department of Justice announced criminal charges against Deif for his role in the 7 October attack on Israel, which included conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals. |
| August 1 2024 | The IDF announced confirmation that Mohammed Deif died in the strike on July 13. This confirmation came after a body suspected to belong to Deif was recovered from the attack site but was too disfigured to identify. |
| July 13 2024 | Reports emerged that Mohammed Deif was killed in an Israeli airstrike. |
| July 13 2024 | Israel claims that Deif was killed in an airstrike in al-Mawasi. |
| May 20 2024 | A request for an arrest warrant against Mohammed Deif was filed by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on several counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. |
| January 2024 | The Israel Defense Forces released a photo of Mohammed Deif holding a cup of juice and a stack of U.S. dollars, which was found on a computer seized from Hamas. |
| December 2023 | Added to the European Union's terror blacklist. |
| December 2023 | The European Union added Mohammed Deif to their terror blacklist. |
| December 2023 | Footage obtained by the Israeli military showed Mohammed Deif using both hands and walking independently, albeit with a slight limp and occasionally needing the aid of a wheelchair. |
| October 2023 | In October 2023, during the Israel–Hamas war, an Israeli airstrike hit the house of Mohammed Deif's father, resulting in the deaths of Deif's brother, nephew, and niece. It was unclear whether the airstrike specifically targeted Deif. |
| October 7 2023 | Deif orchestrated a surprise attack on Israel, which was the commencement of the Israel–Hamas war, and he justified the attack in an audio address as a response to the desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque and the killing and wounding of Palestinians. |
| May 2023 | Again chose not to engage in clashes between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, continuing the strategy of making Israel believe Hamas could be contained. |
| 2022 | Mohammed Deif's father passed away. |
| August 2022 | Decided not to participate in clashes between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, part of a deception strategy to make Israel believe Hamas was not interested in conflict. |
| 2021 | In the lead-up to the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, Mohammed Deif began planning a surprise attack on Israel, motivated by Israeli forces storming the al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan. |
| May 2021 | In May 2021, during the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, the Israeli military attempted to assassinate Mohammed Deif twice within the same week, but both attempts were unsuccessful. |
| 2015 | Added to the United States terrorism list. |
| 2015 | The United States added Deif to their terrorism list. |
| 2015 | Israeli intelligence confirmed the survival of Mohammed Deif after the assassination attempt on his life during the 2014 Gaza War. |
| September 2015 | Added to the US Department of State's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. |
| September 2015 | The US Department of State added Mohammed Deif to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. |
| 2014 | An assassination attempt on Mohammed Deif resulted in the deaths of his wife Widad, their infant son Ali, and their three-year-old daughter Sarah. |
| 2014 | His wife, infant son, and 3-year-old daughter were killed in an Israeli airstrike. |
| August 2014 | In August 2014, during the 2014 Gaza War, the Israeli air force attempted to assassinate Mohammed Deif with an airstrike on his family home in Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City. Hamas later denied that Deif was killed, and Israeli intelligence confirmed his survival in 2015. |
| 2011 | Mohammed Deif's mother passed away. |
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