«Israel»: Mohammad Deif Readies Gaza for War

Local Editor

Other than dreading Hezbollah and natural disasters, a new "Israeli" fear surfaces - Mohammad Deif.

The stronger and well equipped the "Israeli" entity gets, the greater its fear of resistance and losing grip of the Gaza Strip gets.

The entity has come to comprehend that Hamas and its position today is stronger than it was in the summer of 2014.

What worries the "Israeli" entity and preoccupies it daily, is the fact that it believes the Resistance in Palestine is preparing intensively for the next war.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is built like an army in every way. It has at its disposal 27,000 armed men divided into six regional brigades, with 25 battalions and 106 companies.

Of this military array, 2,500 armed men are members of the Nuhba, Hamas's elite unit. A third of these troops are intended to be sent to carry out operations inside the "Israeli"-annexed Palestinian territory. These troops are supposed to strike from the sea [the naval commandos], from the air [using flying ATVs or motorized gliders, for example], and, of course, from the ground, mainly via cross-border tunnels, from which they would emerge to raid an "Israeli" settlement or army base in order to kidnap and kill.

The tunnels are the main focus of Hamas's military efforts.

Hamas invests even more in defensive tunnels - those it uses inside the Gaza Strip - than in the attack tunnels that are designed to penetrate into "Israeli"-occupied territory. It has tunnels inside Gaza thought to be dozens of kilometers long: an actual city beneath the Strip that will enable the entire rocket operation, as well as Hamas's command and control echelons, to continue to function even during severe aerial bombardment by the "Israeli" entity.

In charge of this entire effort is Mohammed Deif, the resistance chief with nine lives. Born in the Khan Younis refugee camp 52 years ago, Deif has been wanted by the "Israeli" Occupation Forces [IOF] since the 1980s, when he was among those who set up Hamas's military wing.

Deif has been wounded several in assassination attempts. One of his wives and two of his children were martyred in an "Israeli" attempt on his life during 2014's "Operation Protective Edge".

Not only has he returned to his position despite his injuries, but Deif is also considered the military wing's supreme commander and is responsible for building Hamas's military strength and preparing it for war.

While Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's overall Gaza chief, is considered a defense minister of sorts, Deif concentrates on the military sphere.

Deif and his small general staff whose members include his deputy, Marwan Issa, military intelligence head Ayman Nofal, and several Hamas brigade commanders are what the entity is worried about in the Strip.

Source: Israeli Media, Edited by website team