Gaza, the Israeli army killed Jamila al-Shanti: first woman at the top of Hamas

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Gaza, the Israeli army killed Jamila al-Shanti: first woman at the top of Hamas



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THE ATTACK ON GAZA

  • On Thursday 19 October, the Israeli army killed in one of the raids on Gaza Jamila al-Shantifirst woman at the top of Hamas

Live updates on the Hamas-Israel war




GAZA CITY, : From left to right-: Parliamentarians Jamila al-Shanti, Mariam Farhat and Huda Naem attend the weekly session of Palestinian Parliament in Gaza City, 21 March 2006. The refusal of Hamas to recognize the supremacy of the Palestinian Liberation Organization was among the main factors behind the refusal of other Palestinian factions such as Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to join a Hamas-led coalition government. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

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WHO WAS

  • Jamila al-Shanti was the widow of Hamas’ co-founder Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (killed in 2004 during the Second Intifada) and first woman elected in 2021 to the organization’s Political Bureau




Newly-elected deputies of the Islamist movement Hamas (from L to R) Mariam Farhat, Jamila Al-Shanti, and Huda Naim meet to prepare for the first session of the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) at the home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the al-Shatti refugee camp in Gaza City, 17 February 2006. The Hamas-dominated parliament will be sworn on Saturday by Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas. After the swearing in of the new parliament Abbas is to hand responsibility for forming a new government to a new prime minister chosen by Hamas. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

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THE ROLE WITHIN HAMAS

  • The Israeli press explains that Al-Shanti, 68 years old, had practically founded the women’s movement of Hamas




epa10619154 Smoke rises from Gaza City following Israeli air strikes, 10 May 2023. Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired rockets towards Israel, after the Israeli military carried out a series of air strikes on Islamic Jihad rocket launchers. EPA/HAITHAM IMAD

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NEWS FROM ISRAEL

  • The death of Jamila al-Shanti was reported by the Israeli media. Both the Times of Israel be the Jerusalem Post they relaunched news released by media affiliated with Hamas in Gaza, specifying that no details were provided on the location where the raid took place at dawn today.




epa10924508 Protesters wave Palestinian and Moroccan flags as they gather in front of Parliament Square in Rabat, Morocco, on 17 October 2023. The protest erupted hours after Hamas-led authorities in Gaza said hundreds of people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza on 17 October. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch that hit the hospital. EPA/JALAL MORCHIDS

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THE CLP STATEMENT

  • In a statement published on his Facebook page, the Palestinian Legislative Council he stressed that Al Shanti spent a life of dedication and sacrifice “for the Palestinian cause” and developed “an important and notable role in parliamentary, academic, political, advocacy and educational work”.




epa10924757 Israeli troops with a variety of military vehicles at a gathering site at an undisclosed location along the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel, 18 October 2023. Hundreds of people have been killed by an explosion at a crowded hospital in Gaza City late 17 October, health officials say. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

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THE DEATH OF ALI QADI

  • On October 15, the Israeli army announced that it had killed Ali Qadicompany commander of the elite Hamas unit ‘Nukheba’ which conducted “the terrorist attack on the Israeli communities near the Strip last Saturday”

The news of Ali Qadi’s death




epa10922145 Palestinians walk past buildings destroyed in recent Israeli strikes in Al Remal, in Gaza City, 16 October 2023. Israel has warned all citizens of the Gaza Strip to move to the south ahead of an expected invasion. More than 2,750 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis have been killed according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Palestinian Health Ministry after Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

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RAIDS CONTINUE ON GAZA

  • Following the Hamas attack on October 7, Israel is continuing raids on the Gaza Strip. The launch of missiles from the Strip towards some Israeli cities also continues. Meanwhile, the day after the visit of Bidenthe English Prime Minister also went to Tel Aviv on Thursday Sunak




epa10926746 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak briefs the press upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, 18 October 2023. Sunak is in Israel to meet his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. More than 3,400 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis have been killed according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian Health authority since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October. Israel has warned all citizens of the Gaza Strip to move to the south ahead of an expected invasion. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

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THE WORDS OF SUNAK

  • “Stop any further dangerous escalation” after “too many lives have already been lost” in the re-explosion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict triggered by the “brutal terrorist attacks of Hamas”. So Rishi Sunak during his visit to the Middle East




epa10923013 Volunteers of humanitarian organizations wait outside Rafah border gate, Egypt, 17 October 2023. As international mediators continue to push for the passage of aid into Gaza and the exit of foreign nationals fleeing the conflict, from it, Egypt's border crossing with the Gaza Strip in Rafah remained closed on 16 October, with the international aid convoys mostly stationed in the town of Arish some 50km away from Rafah. EPA/STR

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THE REOPENING OF THE RAFAH CROSSING

  • The reopening of the restaurant is scheduled for Friday 20 September Rafah crossing, which connects Egypt with the southern Gaza Strip. Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the population will thus be able to enter Gaza



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