Back مروان عيسى Arabic مەڕوان عیسا CKB Marwán Ísá Czech Marwan Issa German Marwan Issa Spanish مروان عیسی Persian Marwan Issa Finnish מרואן עיסא HE Marwan Issa Hungarian Marwan Issa ID
Marwan Issa | |
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| مروان عيسى | |
| Born | Marwan Abdel Karim Ali Issa 1965 |
| Died | 10 March 2024 (aged 58–59) Nuseirat, Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Other names | Shadow Man, Abu Baraa |
| Known for | Being the deputy commander of Al-Qassam Brigades |
| Children | 4 (2 deceased) |
| Parent | His parents migrated from Ashkelon to Gaza in 1948.[1] |
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| Map: Birthplaces and family origins. |
Marwan Abdel Karim Ali Issa (Arabic: مروان عبد الكريم علي عيسى; 1965 – 10 March 2024) was a Palestinian militant who was the deputy commander of Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades.
Issa was born in the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1965. He was educated at the Islamic University of Gaza, and played basketball for Al-Bureij Services Club. His sport ambitions were ended after his arrest in 1987 during the First intifada against the Israeli occupation for his involvement with Hamas.[1] He was later detained by the Palestinian Authority from 1997 to 2000, but released after the outbreak of the Second Intifada.[2] Issa's eldest son died in 2009, when he was aged nine, after he was refused entry from the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment in Egypt, while another son was killed in 2023 in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.[3]
He became the head of the Qassam Brigades in the refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip and played a central role in the development of its military systems, and reported to Mohammed Deif.[3] He was placed in the terror watchlist of the United States in 2019 and the European Union in 2023.[4][5] Issa allegedly played a significant role in planning the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. On 17 March 2024, media reports circulated that he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat during the Israel–Hamas war.[1]
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- ^ "EU adds Hamas military chiefs Mohammed Deif, Marwan Issa to terror blacklist". The Times of Israel. AFP. 8 December 2023.