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Osama al-Mazini
NameOsama al-Mazini
Other NamesOsama al-Mazini, Abu Hammad
Personal Details
Birth PlaceGaza
Death PlaceGaza
ReligionIslam

Osama al-Mazini was the head of the Shura Council of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), a professor and head of the Psychology Department at the Islamic University of Gaza, and the Minister of Education for Palestine. He played a pivotal role in the Wafa al-Ahrar deal of 2011 AD, a prisoner exchange involving 1,027 Palestinian detainees in return for the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli corporal captured by special forces of the Hamas Movement on June 25, 2006 AD. Among his cultural activities were membership on the board of directors of the Al-Islah Islamic Society and the Islamic Academy, as well as serving on the board of trustees of Dar al-Arqam School. His intellectual contributions include characterizing the Deal of the Century as a failed project and describing the Israelization of the land of Palestine as a declining scheme. On October 16, 2023 AD (Tuesday, 24 Mehr 1402 SH), following the Al-Aqsa Flood battle and coinciding with the eleventh day of the Gaza War, he was martyred alongside several family members during an Israeli airstrike.


Biography

Osama Atiyah Ahmed al-Mazini was born on March 16, 1966 AD, in the city of Gaza. He was married and had five daughters and three sons.


Education

He completed his middle and high school education in schools in Gaza, obtaining his high school diploma in 1984 AD. He earned a bachelor's degree in Physics from the Islamic University of Gaza and a master's degree in Counseling and Mental Health from Ain Shams University in Egypt. He obtained a second master's degree in Psychology from the Islamic University of Gaza in 2001 AD, and a PhD in Psychological Counseling and Mental Health from Ain Shams University in 2005 AD.


Militant Activities

Al-Mazini initially joined the Muslim Brotherhood and, immediately following the establishment of the Hamas Movement in 1987 AD, became a member of this movement. There, he married the daughter of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder of the Hamas movement. He participated in various advocacy and political activities within the group. He held several positions within the movement; from 2021 AD until his martyrdom, he served as the head of the Shura Council of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip and was a member of its political bureau in the Gaza Strip. He also played a fundamental role in the Wafa al-Ahrar deal of 2011 AD, the prisoner exchange involving 1,027 Palestinian detainees in return for the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli corporal captured by special forces of the Hamas movement on June 25, 2006 AD.


Academic Activities

Between 2014 AD and 2020 AD, he worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Education of the Islamic University of Gaza. In 2015 AD, he assumed the presidency of the university's Psychology Department and authored a book titled The Psychology of Advocacy. Furthermore, he delivered numerous lectures and dialogues on various issues concerning Palestine and published many research papers and articles in reputable scientific journals.


Cultural Activities

  • Head of the Student Council at the Islamic University of Gaza in 1987 AD;
  • Member of the board of directors of the Al-Islah Islamic Society;
  • Member of the board of directors of the Islamic Academy;
  • Vice-Chairman of the board of trustees of Dar al-Arqam School;
  • Minister of Education from 2110 AD to 2114 AD.


Ideas

Hamas as a Factor for Palestinian Unity and Internal Cohesion

He believed that the Hamas movement is eager for renewed unity and internal cohesion among various Palestinian groups and is prepared to guide all factions toward a unified Palestine through the holding of comprehensive and inclusive elections.

The Deal of the Century: A Failed Project

He maintained that the Deal of the Century, devised by the Trump administration with the aim of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, annexing parts of Palestine to it, gaining greater power through the normalization of relations with other Arab countries, and encroaching upon Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, was merely a promise and a dream, as proven by the resistance. Consequently, such deals constitute a losing business. Therefore, the project of Israelizing the land of Palestine is a failed and declining scheme.


Arrests

Al-Mazini suffered under the Israeli occupation of Palestine and was arrested six times due to his activities against Israel; the most significant arrest occurred in 1988 AD, resulting in a six-year prison sentence. Additionally, he was subjected to administrative detention twice and imprisoned twice by the security services of the Palestinian Authority.


Death

Osama al-Mazini was martyred on October 16, 2023 AD (Tuesday, 24 Mehr 1402 SH), following the Al-Aqsa Flood battle and coinciding with the eleventh day of the Gaza War, during an Israeli attack, alongside several members of his family.


Hamas Reaction

The Hamas Movement, while announcing the martyrdom and expressing condolences for two of its active members killed in an airstrike by i fighter jets—Tallal al-Hindi, a leader of the Hamas Movement and the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and Osama al-Mazini (Abu Hammad), head of the movement's Shura Council in the Gaza Strip—emphasized in a statement: "Martyrdom is a path in which the blood of Hamas leaders and soldiers mingles with the blood of our steadfast people in Gaza, and it is sacrificed for the freedom of our land and holy sites."


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