Most wanted Palestinian resurfaces in video

A man claiming to be Deif, a chief of Hamas' armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, urges Palestinians not to halt the struggle against Israel following the evacuation of over 8,000 Jewish settlers from Gaza and small parts of the West Bank.

The fugitive Deif, accused by Israel of masterminding a long list of attacks, is a mysterious figure who rarely reveals himself in public. Few images of him exist.

The video showed Deif seated in a chair in a dimly-lit room, gesticulating with his hands as he spoke. He was filmed side-on with his profile completely in shadow, making his features almost impossible to distingiush.

"We tell the Zionists who have tarnished our soil, we tell you that all of Palestine will become a hell," he said in the video posted on the Internet by the Brigades.