Ihab al-Ghussein | |
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إيهاب الغصين | |
Deputy Labor Minister of Palestine | |
In office 2020 –7 July 2024 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Minister of Communications | |
In office 2012–2020 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas |
Prime Minister | Ismail Haniyeh |
Personal details | |
Born | (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 |
Died | 7 July 2024(2024-07-07) (aged 45) |
Cause of death | Israeli airstrike |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Political party | Hamas |
Children | 1 (deceased) |
Education | Islamic University of Gaza |
Occupation | Politician |
Ihab al-Ghussein (Arabic :إيهابالغصين;12 May 1979 –7 July 2024) was a Palestinian politician who served as the de facto spokesman of the Interior Ministry of the Palestinian Authority based in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip. [1]
Al-Gussein was born on 12 May 1979. [2]
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. [2] [3] 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. [4] Al-Ghussein ordered the release of 150 prisoners who were members of Fatah and other Palestinian factions. [5] During Israel's air strikes against Hamas government buildings in 2008–2009 Gaza War,in which Israel claimed it killed Hamas operatives launching rockets,al-Ghussein replied that those killed were "Gazans at work,not activists launching rockets as Israel." [6]
On 7 July 2024,during the Gaza war,an Israeli airstrike on the Holy Family Catholic School in Gaza City killed al-Ghussein and three others,according to reports by Palestinian media. [7] [8] Hamas confirmed his death and said an earlier airstrike on a home killed his wife and daughter. Al-Ghussein was 45. [9]
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