Israel’s navy has launched a brand new image of Hamas’s shadowy navy commander clutching a wad of US {dollars} whereas enjoyable outdoor because it continues to hunt him down in Gaza.
The picture reveals Mohammed Deif, the chief of the phobia group’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, casually checking his watch as he clutches a half-full plastic cup in a single hand and a wad of US greenback notes within the different.
It was discovered amongst some 70 million digital information the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned it had unearthed in Gaza, the place he’s believed to be hiding out within the terror group’s sprawling community of underground tunnels.
Nicknamed The Visitor for his behavior of frequently shifting round throughout the enclave to keep away from detection by the Israelis, he’s believed to have been accountable for orchestrating Hamas’s murderous Oct 7 rampage.
The Israeli navy didn’t say when or the place the photograph was taken, or precisely how or the place its forces obtained the picture.
The brand new picture reveals the grey-haired 58-year-old sitting on a sandy financial institution in entrance of two pairs of sneakers and alongside an unidentified man, who seems to be counting a stash of US {dollars}.
His proper eye seems to be lacking.
Photographs of the Hamas commander are uncommon
A shadowy determine, he has been on Israel’s most wished record for practically three a long time and has survived not less than seven assassination makes an attempt that left him with impaired sight and motion
His spouse, toddler son and three-year-old daughter had been reportedly killed amid the makes an attempt on his life.
Stories final month by Israeli media steered IDF troops had uncovered video footage in Gaza which confirmed him strolling with out help, albeit with a slight limp, and a wheelchair that he might have used whereas traversing Hamas’s tunnel community owing to his accidents from the assassination makes an attempt.
Born in Khan Younis in Gaza in 1965, he has been described because the “Cat with 9 lives” due to the variety of assassination makes an attempt he has survived. He additionally goes by the names Mohammed Diab and Mohammed al-Masri.
Pictures of the Hamas commander are uncommon.
Final week Israeli media revealed one picture reportedly taken in 2018 at a social occasion, which had additionally been uncovered by the Israeli navy in Gaza.
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