Ihab al-Ghussein: Difference between revisions

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== Biography ==

In 2012, he became the director of the Communications Ministry in the Gaza Strip until 2020, when he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Labor.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dahman |first=Ibrahim |last2=Kourdi |first2=Eyad |date=7 July 2024 |title=Hamas says senior government official in Gaza killed in airstrike |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/07/middleeast/hamas-senior-official-killed-gaza-intl/index.html |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> He was involved in merging the Executive Force of Hamas into the Palestinian security forces which includes police, national and internal security, civil defense forces and firefighters.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904161651/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1361723.php/Hamas_disbands_Executive_Force_absorbs_troops_into_police__Extra_ Hamas disbands Executive Force, absorbs troops into police (Extra)] Monsters and Critics.</ref> Al-Ghussein ordered the release of 150 prisoners who were members of [[Fatah]] and other Palestinian factions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204952/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/08/content_9037164.htm Hamas frees 150 prisoners from Gazan jails] Xinhua News Agency.</ref> During Israel's air strikes against Hamas government buildings in [[Operation Cast Lead]], in which Israel said it killed Hamas operatives launching rockets, al-Ghussein replied that those killed were "Gazans at work, not activists launching rockets as Israel."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081231091004/http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=34375 Hamas: 120 police dead, 95% of security buildings demolished and hundreds of civilians slain] Ma'an News Agency.</ref>

 

On 7 July 2024, during the [[Israel–Hamas war]], an Israeli airstrike on the [[Holy Family Church, Gaza|Holy Family Catholic School]] in [[Gaza City]] killed al-Ghussein and three others, according to reports by Palestinian media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2024 |title=Senior official killed in Israeli strike, Hamas say |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce93qvvzzx0o |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 July 2024 |title=Deputy Hamas labor minister reported killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/deputy-hamas-labor-minister-reported-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza/ |access-date=7 July 2024 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> Hamas confirmed his death and said an earlier airstrike on a home killed his wife and daughter. Al-Ghussein was 45.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2024 |title=Directly Hit by a Plane - Deputy Labor Minister in Gaza Killed by Israeli Airstrike |url=https://www.palestinechronicle.com/directly-hit-by-a-plane-deputy-labor-minister-in-gaza-killed-by-israeli-airstrike/ |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=[[Palestine Chronicle]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

 

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