Editing Mohammed Deif (section)

== Personal life ==
Deif married Widad Asfoura in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Sakher |last=Abu El Oun |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=20 August 2014 |title=Thousands mourn slain wife, baby of Hamas commander |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/375670/thousands-mourn-slain-wife-baby-of-hamas-commander/story/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |work=GMA News Online |language=en |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104210413/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/375670/thousands-mourn-slain-wife-baby-of-hamas-commander/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Widad, their infant son Ali, and their three-year-old daughter Sarah were [[Deif family killings|killed]] in the 2014 assassination attempt.<ref name="reuters20231010" /><ref name="daughter in the rubble" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mathis-Lilley |first=Ben |date=20 August 2014 |title=Airstrike Kills Wife and Child of Hamas' Military Commander, Rocket Designer |language=en-US |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/08/hamas-commander-wife-child-killed-israel-airstrike-takes-out-top-official-s-family-members.html |access-date=4 November 2023 |issn=1091-2339 |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104210413/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/08/hamas-commander-wife-child-killed-israel-airstrike-takes-out-top-official-s-family-members.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They had two other children: Omar, who was injured, and Hala, who was missing for more than two days.<ref name="daughter in the rubble">{{cite news |title=The body of the child Sarah Al-Deif was recovered from under the rubble |url=https://palinfo.com/news/2014/08/21/85045/ |access-date=29 June 2024 |work=palinfo.com |date=21 August 2014 |archive-date=29 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629001223/https://palinfo.com/news/2014/08/21/85045/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="toi - no regrets"/>  Deif had two other sons, Bahaa and Khaled.<ref name="AA - BK" >{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%81-/2496122|title=غزة...ظهور نادر لأطفال قائد "القسام" محمد الضيف|website=www.aa.com.tr|publisher=Anadolu Agency|language=ar|accessdate=1 August 2024|archive-date=3 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803165117/https://www.aa.com.tr/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%81-/2496122|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bahaa and Khaled" >{{Cite web |title=Hamas Celebrates Military Commander Mohammed Deif During His Sons' Graduation Ceremony |date=7 February 2022 |url=https://www.memri.org/tv/turkey-graduation-ceremony-honoring-children-hamas-military-commander-deif |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=MEMRI |language=en |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120143711/https://www.memri.org/tv/turkey-graduation-ceremony-honoring-children-hamas-military-commander-deif |url-status=live }}</ref>

Deif's mother died in 2011,<ref name="aawsat20231008" /> and his father in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boxerman |first=Aaron |title=Hamas announces death of military chief Mohammad Deif's father |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-announces-death-of-military-chief-mohammad-deifs-father/ |access-date=7 November 2023 |website=Times of Israel |date=17 March 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107231050/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-announces-death-of-military-chief-mohammad-deifs-father/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Deif criticised Israel's attacks on children and the elderly, in his speech on 7 October 2023 (which called on others to come to Palestine to join the fight), and his written statement in English (which summarised the parts of the Arabic speech that explained the motives for the attacks). But he did not specifically refer to any of his own loved ones who had been killed. Later in the Arabic speech, he quoted a verse from the Quran, {{langx|ar|| translation = Do not harm the elderly or children}}. 
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His family came to the Gaza Strip from further away than most members of Hamas; before [[Nakba|1948]] his family lived in [[Al-Qubayba, Hebron|al-Qubayba]] <!-- there's a chance it's the village in Jerusalem, there are two with the same name --> in Central Palestine.<ref name="AJ PE - Deif">{{cite news |trans-title=Muhammad Al-Deif...an artist who leads the Al-Qassam Brigades |url=https://aja.me/atlph |access-date=14 June 2024 |work=Palestine Encyclopedia |publisher=Al Jazeera Arabic |language=ar |script-title=ar: محمد الضيف.. فنان يقود كتائب القسام}}</ref>