# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mohammed-deif
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:15:50.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mohammed-deif"
name: "Mohammed Deif"
slug: "mohammed-deif"
description: "Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, better known as Mohammed Deif, was a Palestinian militant who served as the sixth commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades of Palestinian group Hamas. He succeeded Salah Shehade after the latter was killed in an Israeli airstrike in July 2002, until his own assassination by Israel in July 2024. He was succeeded by Mohammed Sinwar, the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar. He was a central figure in the Gaza war and one of the masterminds of the October 7 attacks, alongside Yahya Sinwar."
tagline: "Palestinian militant leader, former commander-in-chief of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Mohammed_Deif_%28Hamas%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1965-08-12"
deathDate: "2024-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.841650574245351
  historical:           23.65974266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump