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Mohammed Deif, the leader of Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, organised the deadly October 7 assaults on Israel that triggered the war raging in Gaza. The brazen attacks brought to the forefront a little-known character who managed to elude Israel's intelligence services for over 30 years.