Mohammed Deif, the shadowy Hamas leader and alleged October 7 attack mastermind

Al-Qassam previously holding a celebration and a military parade to honour the families of the martyrs in northern Gaza (Alamy/PA)

Mohammed Deif, Hamas’s longtime shadowy military leader and one of the alleged masterminds of the October 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, is said to be dead following an Israeli airstrike last month.

The Israeli military said it killed Mr Deif in a massive strike in southern Gaza on July 13, citing “an intelligence assessment”.