Jamal Abu Samhadana
Jamal Abu Samhadana | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Died | 8 June 2006 (aged 43) |
| Party | Hamas |
| Occupation | politician |
| Known for | Founding and leading the Popular Resistance Committees |
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Jamal Abu Samhadana (Arabic: جمال أبو سمهدانة, 8 February 1963 – 8 June 2006), from Rafah in the Gaza Strip, was the founder and leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, a former Fatah and Tanzim member, and number two on Israel's list of wanted terrorists.
Abu Samhadana survived an Israeli missile strike in the Gaza Strip in December 2004, but was killed by the Israeli Air Force on 8 June 2006.