Hasan Salama
Hasan Salama or Hassan Salameh ( Arabic حسن سلامة, DMG Ḥasan Salāma ; * in Qula near Lydda ; † June 2, 1948 near Ras al-Ein ) was field commander of the Palestinian Army of the Holy War in the Palestine War of 1948.
He was born in Qula near Lydda . Salama was a member of a Palestinian nationalist party. 1944 took part in the German SS operation Atlas . At a conference in Damascus on February 5, 1948, he was appointed field commander for the Lydda district. The region was strategically important because it could control the road link between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem . His paramilitaries were unable to fulfill this task and were driven from the region by the Israeli army in April 1948 .
Salama himself was killed in the battle of Ras al-Ein on June 2, 1948. He was the father of the future Palestinian terrorist Ali Hassan Salameh .
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| SURNAME | Salama, Hasan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salameh, Hassan; حسن سلامة (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Field Commander of the Army of the Holy War in the Palestinian War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Qula at Lydda |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1948 |
| Place of death | Ras al-Ein |