Abu Shujaa

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Abu Shujaa
محمد سامر محمود جابر
Born
Mohammed Samer Mahmoud Jaber

1998
Nur Shams, Tulkarm Governorate, Palestine
Died(2024-08-29)29 August 2024 (aged 26)
Tulkarm Camp, Tulkarm Governorate, Palestine
Cause of death Killed in action
OccupationMilitant
OrganizationInfoboxPIJ.svg PIJ  • Tulkarm Brigade

Mohammed Samer Mahmoud Jaber [a] (1998 – 29 August 2024), better known by his nom de guerre Abu Shujaa, [b] was a Palestinian militant from the West Bank. A popular and well-known figure among Palestinians, [1] he led the Tulkarm Brigade militant group from April 2022 until he was killed on 29 August 2024 in a raid during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank.

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Biography

Jaber was born in Nur Shams, Tulkarm Governorate, in 1998. [2] [3] [4] His family was originally from Haifa but was displaced during the 1948 Palestine war. [4] He began his participation in anti-Israel militant activities at an early age and was arrested multiple times by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. [2]

In 2022, he co-founded the Tulkarm Brigade alongside its first leader, Saif Abu Labdeh and assumed command after Labdeh was killed on 2 April 2022. [4] Under Jaber's leadership, membership in the Brigade significantly increased. [2] Previously aligned personally with Fatah, he joined Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) after the start of the Gaza war in October 2023. [5]

A key figure wanted by the Israeli authorities, [6] Jaber participated in planning and executing multiple attacks against Israeli targets, including a June 2024 shooting that killed an Israeli civilian in Qalqilya. [7] He was injured by Israeli raids into Tulkarm in December 2023, and was thought to have been killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during a April 2024 raid into Tulkarm in April 2024, but later surfaced attending a funeral for multiple Palestinian fighters. [8] [6] The incident gave Jaber "a kind of cult status" among Palestinians. [5]

On 1 July 2024, The New York Times published an article on West Bank militancy that included an interview with Jaber and other militants. [5]

The 26 July 2024 Tulkarm confrontations were sparked after the security forces of the Palestinian Authority attempted to arrest Jaber while he was hospitalized after being injured by an explosive device. Local crowds of Palestinians intervened and forced the security forces to withdraw. [9]

On 29 August 2024, the YAMAM (Israel's National Counter-Terror Unit) [10] [11] killed Jaber and four other militants during fighting inside and around a mosque in Tulkarm, as part of "Operation Summer Camps" in the West Bank. PIJ and Hamas offered condolences for Jaber's death. [7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Arabic: محمد سامر محمود جابر, romanized: Muḥammad Sāmir Maḥmūd Jābir
  2. ↑ Arabic: أبو شجاع, romanized: Abū Shujāʻ, lit. 'Father of the Brave'

Citations

  1. ↑ "Israel says it 'eliminated' local Palestinian commander in West Bank military operation". France 24. 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "بعد مطاردة استمرت عامين.. تفاصيل اغتيال الاحتلال لـ'أبو شجاع'". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Abu Shujaa: The Targeted Operation Against a Palestinian Resistance Leader". LBCIV7. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 admin (29 August 2024). "'Resistance Will Continue' – Life and Legacy of Mohammed Jaber 'Abu Shujaa'". Palestine Chronicle. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 Erlanger, Steven; Ponomarev, Sergey (1 July 2024). "Palestinian Fighters in West Bank Seek to Emulate Hamas in Gaza". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Palestinian commander thought to be dead resurfaces in West Bank funeral". The New Arab. 22 April 2024. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. 1 2 Hendrix, Steve; Parker, Claire; Timsit, Annabelle; Hudson, John; Taha, Sufian (29 August 2024). "Israel kills one of most wanted West Bank commanders as operation continues". The Washington Post . ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Israel Military Says It Killed More West Bank Militants". TIME . Associated Press. 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Iran Update, July 26, 2024". Institute for the Study of War . 26 July 2024. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "Tulkarm and Jenin: 12 terrorists eliminated, 10 arrested in counterterror operation". Israel National News. 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  11. ↑ Israel, David (29 August 2024). "Israel Kills Tulkarem Chief of Islamic Jihad on Day 2 of Operation Summer Camps". Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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