Jamal Abu Samhadana
Jamal Abu Samhadana | |
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جمال أبو سمهدانة | |
Director General of the Executive Force | |
In office 20 April 2006 – 8 June 2006 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Prime Minister | Ismail Haniyeh |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 February 1963 Rafah, Gaza Strip |
Died | 8 June 2006 Rafah, Gaza Strip |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Political party | Hamas |
Occupation | politician |
Known for | Founding and leading the Popular Resistance Committees |
Jamal Abu Samhadana (
Abu Samhadana survived an Israeli missile strike in the Gaza Strip in December 2004,[2] but was killed by the Israeli Air Force on 8 June 2006.
Appointment as chief of Executive Force
On 20 April 2006, Abu Samhadana was appointed Director General of the Executive Force, a new security forces in Gaza, by
The appointment "sparked new criticism from the U.S. and Israel and intensified the struggle for control of some 70,000 Palestinian security forces" between Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas.[6] Abbas subsequently issued a decree banning the formation of the Executive Force that Abu Samhadana was to have headed.[7] However, Hamas defied the President's decree and proceeded with the nomination and the formation of the force.
Assassination
Although Israel acknowledged that Hamas was largely sticking to a ceasefire,[8] on 8 June 2006, he was assassinated, along with at least three other PRC members, by four missiles fired by Israeli Apache helicopters, guided by Israeli reconnaissance drones, at a PRC camp in Rafah.[9][10]
Repercussions of the assassination
At his funeral Samhadana’s supporters called for revenge.
References
- ^ Hamas defies 'security force' ban, BBC News Online, 21 April 2006.
- ^ Palestinians survive Israeli bid on life, Al jazeera, 10 December 2004.
- ^ Rocket chief gets top post, Ynet News, 20 April 2006.
- ^ Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Wanted militant tapped for post in PA Interior Min., April 23, 2006.
- ^ Jane Flanagan (2006). "'Jews are our enemy. I will pull the trigger whenever required'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ Eric Westervelt, Hamas' New Security Force Rankles Israel, PLO, National Public Radio, 21 April 2006.
- ^ Conal Urquhart, Palestinian president vetoes Hamas police, The Guardian, 22 April 2006.
- ^ a b c "PRELUDE TO OPERATION CAST LEAD ISRAEL'S UNILATERAL DISENGAGEMENT TO THE EVE OF WAR" (PDF). Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3 (Spring 2009), pp. 139–168, ISSN 0377-919X. 2009. pp. 148–149.
- ^ "Israeli Airstrike Kills Top Hamas Enforcer in Gaza". Fox News. June 8, 2006. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ "Palestinians Protest Against Israeli Targeted Killing". Xinhua News Agency. June 9, 2006. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ "Crowds mourn Gaza militant leader". BBC. 2006.
- ^ Shmulik Hadad (2006). "3 Qassams hit south following IAF killing". Ynetnews. YNet News.
- ^ "Case Study: The GazaBeach Incident". Human Rights Watch. 2007.
External links
- On Patrol with the Killer Israel Dreads Hala Jaber, Sunday Times, 29 December 2002.
Video
- Hamas sets out vision for future, BBC News Online, 27 March 2006.