Israel's assassination squads hard at work - State terrorism in action

Increasingly it is evident, that the IDF are taking the opportunity to assassinate targets at will as they threaten, bomb, bulldoze, and terrorise the whole of Gaza. Such targeted killings have been authorised at the highest level and are the latest manifestation of Israeli State terrorism.

Mohammed Deif has been at the top of Israel's "most wanted" list for years and is thought to have narrowly escaped the Israeli army's efforts to kill him on several occasions.

He is believed to be behind a series of suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv between February and March 1996, as well as the kidnapping and killing of a number of IDF soldiers. In his role of coordinator and recruiter for the Izz e-din al-Qassam brigades, Deif organized terrorist cells and sent them into Israeli cities.

Although he only took over as Gaza commander of Hamas's military wing in July 2002, Israel holds him personally responsible for the deaths of dozens of people in suicide bombings since 1996.

After the Gaza withdrawal last year he released a video (BBC stream available here)
taunting the IDF, claiming they had been humiliated. It caused enormous reaction amongst the settlers in Israel, particularly among opponents of the withdrawal from Gaza and the four West Bank settlements, .... who are very strongly supported by Deputy Prime Minister Ms Livni and whose hand can be seen behind last night's nocturnal raid.

Massive air strike on Gaza house BBC

At least five people have been killed and 15 injured in a massive Israeli air strike on the Gaza City home of a prominent Hamas figure.

The Israeli military says Mohammed Deif, a Hamas bomb-maker who has topped Israel's most wanted list for over 10 years, was injured in the attack.

Pic of Deif from the 80's he is now 46 and few photos exist.