Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says assassinated commander Mohammad Deif’s legacy will continue to haunt Israeli war criminals like a “nightmare.”
In a statement issued on the first anniversary of Deif’s martyrdom, Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing, said that the former general commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades will remain, like other great leaders, “a beacon for all the free people of the world.”
“One year has passed since the martyrdom of the great leader of the nation, Commander Mohammad Deif, who led — alongside his brothers — the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, delivering to the Zionist enemy the harshest blow in its history,” he said.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas waged a surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the Zionist entity in response to the regime’s decades-long campaign of bloodletting against Palestinians.
The strike, Abu Obeida said, “shattered Zionist deterrence once and for all, united the energy of the ummah, and redirected its compass toward Palestine, bringing the Palestinian cause back to the forefront.”
According to Abu Obeida, today those who love Deif across the world “continue to walk his path, inflicting daily strategic losses on the occupation.”
“His presence will remain a nightmare haunting the war criminals and thieves, who will never enjoy peace in the land of Palestine — for Deif and his brothers have written the final chapter in the book of Palestine’s liberation with their blood,” he added.
Deif was the mastermind behind developing the Gaza tunnel network and the architect of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation.
The Israeli regime attempted to assassinate him more than seven times but failed. In one of the assassination attempts, the regime killed his family, destroyed his home, and injured him severely.
On January 30, 2025, Abu Obeida announced in a speech the assassination of Deif in the southern Gaza Strip, months after his martyrdom.
Source: Press TV
