Ahmed al-Jabari

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Ahmed al-Jabari ( Arabic أحمد الجعبري Ahmad al-Jabari , DMG Aḥmad al-Ǧaʿbarī ; also Ahmed (al-) Jabari ; * 1960 in Gaza ; † November 14, 2012 ibid) was commander in chief of the military wing and one of the five most important leaders of Hamas , the so-called Top Five . Ahmed al-Jabari was responsible, among other things, for the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit . Jabari had livedundergroundin the Gaza Strip since 2004and was also called the Phantom . The United States had al-Jabari on the list of most wanted terrorists.

Life

After 1971, Fatah had its base for terrorism against Israel in southern Lebanon . During the 1982 Lebanon War , Israel entered Lebanon militarily, whereupon Fatah dispersed into various Arab countries and Ahmed al-Jabari was arrested in 1982 at the age of 22 for his involvement in terrorist acts against Israel on behalf of Fatah. He was serving a 13-year prison term in Israel. During this time he became a member of Hamas, which was founded in 1988.

After his release from prison, al-Jabari became a member of the Hamas leadership in 1995.

In 2000 he became an assistant to Salah Mustafa Muhammad Shehade , Hamas's military commander. At the height of the second Intifada , Shehade was killed in a targeted air strike by Israel in July 2002. In his successor, al-Jabari became executive commander of the military arm of Hamas, the Qassam brigades and Mohammed Deif the military commander in chief. The Kassam Brigades are classified as a terrorist organization by Israel and the EU.

In 2004, Jabari survived, wounded, a targeted attack by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) against him at his home in the Shajayeh district of Gaza City . Five people were killed in the process: his son Mohammed, a brother and two cousins, and a relative of Abd al-Aziz ar-Rantisi , the former Hamas leader who was killed in an operation by the Israeli armed forces in April 2004 . He kept changing his whereabouts for fear of another attack.

Jabari became paramilitary commander in chief and one of the leaders of Hamas in 2006 and succeeded Mohammed Deif, who was seriously wounded in July 2006.

Jabari was behind the violent struggle for Gaza between militias of the warring Palestinian movements Hamas on one side and Fatah and regular troops of the Palestinian Authority on the other. This civil war-like coup in June 2007 brought Hamas to power in the Gaza Strip and the PLO was ousted.

Jabari is blamed for decades of terrorism against Israel, the murder of two soldiers and the firing of Qassam rockets at Israel . Ahmed al-Jabari conducted the negotiations while Shallit was held hostage from underground Gaza and finally handed over Shalit himself to the Egyptian negotiators when he was released from more than a thousand Arab-Palestinian prison inmates.

In Israel, Jabari was considered a militant hardliner of Hamas who wanted to liberate historic Palestine, including Israel , with his soldiers . He rejected a reconciliation with the moderate Palestinian leadership.

According to Gershon Baskin , al-Jabari was involved in ceasefire negotiations with Israel shortly before his death.

death

After a ceasefire brokered by Egypt, violence in the Gaza Strip escalated. Over 600 bullets were fired at Israel within a week, and the Israeli air force responded by attacking Hamas positions. After there had been another rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israeli parts of the country immediately before, Jabari was deliberately killed in an Israeli rocket attack on his vehicle in Gaza on November 14, 2012 . Jabari's death was confirmed on the same day by both Israeli domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet and Hamas. In addition to Jabari, another Hamas member was killed. The Israeli army released a video showing the attack.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Israeli air strike kills Hamas military chief Jabari. Retrieved November 14, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g ( page no longer available , search in web archives: leading politicians of Hamas and Israel ) . In: Heute.de of January 4, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.heute.de
  3. ↑ a b c Hamas smuggled new rockets through the tunnel system . In: Tages-Anzeiger Online from December 29, 2008
  4. ↑ a b c d Philip Kuhn: Hamas terrorist was on the “most wanted” list . In: Die Welt online , November 14, 2012. Accessed November 15, 2012. 
  5. ^ A b c Zach Pontz: Ahmed al-Jabari: A Man “With a Lot of Blood on His Hands” (VIDEO) . In: Algemeiner.com , 14 November 2012 10:39. Retrieved November 15, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Mitch Ginsburg: Ahmed Jabari: The ruthless terror chief whose bloody end was only a matter of time . November 14, 2012, 14:20. Retrieved November 16, 2012. 
  7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Common Position 2009/468 / CFSP of the Council of 15 June 2009 on the update of Common Position 2001/931 / CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and the repeal of Common Position 2009/67 / CFSP , accessed on 30 June 2009 . November 2019
  9. ↑ Five Palestinians killed in IAF missile attack in Gaza Strip . In: Newsletter of the Embassy of the State of Israel of August 18, 2004
  10. ↑ Haaretz: Hamas fires Qassams for first time since Gaza takeover (English)
  11. ↑ Ahmad Al-Jaabari, on the Hamas website, April 5, 2006: “Our (violent) resistance in Palestine continues and will not end under any circumstances. The al-Qassam brigades will continue the march for the total liberation of the soil of their beloved homeland, Palestine, from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River. ”(Compare: Differences in HAMAS rhetoric in Western and Arab media . In: Newsletter of the Embassy of the State Israel, April 21, 2006)
  12. ↑ http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2012/11/18/International/Eskalation-im-Nahost-Konflikt-waere-vermeidbar-gewesen
  13. ↑ Either talks or war. (No longer available online.) In: tagesschau.de. October 29, 2012, archived from the original on December 27, 2012 ; accessed on June 4, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Israel kills Hamas commanders al-Jabari. In: drs.ch. November 14, 2012, accessed November 15, 2012 .
  15. ^ Zach Pontz: IDF Kills Hamas Terror Mastermind Ahmed al-Jabari (VIDEO) . In: Algemeiner.com , 14 November 2012 10:40. Retrieved November 15, 2012. 
  16. ↑ Hamas military chief dies in an air strike by Israelis . In: Die Welt online , November 14, 2012. Accessed November 15, 2012. 
  17. ↑ IDF Pinpoint Strike on Ahmed Jabari, Head of Hamas Military Wing on YouTube , November 14, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Jabari, Ahmed al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ja'abari, Ahmed al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Palestinian commander in chief of the Hamas military wing
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaza (city)
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2012
Place of death Gaza (city)