Draft:Ruhi Mushtahi

Ruhi Mushtahi
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Name	Ruhi Jamal Mushtahi
Other Names	Abu Jamal
Personal Details
Birth Place	Shuja'iyya neighborhood in northern Gaza Strip
Death Place	Gaza Strip
Death Date	August

Ruhi Mushtahi, known by the kunya "Abu Jamal", was a close associate of Yahya Sinwar and a prominent commander in Hamas and the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. He served as the Head of the Civil Administration in Gaza, the official in charge of Palestinian prisoners affairs, and the founder of the Hamas General Security Agency. He was killed alongside Sami Oudeh in an airstrike by i fighter jets on a building in Gaza in August.

Biography

Ruhi Mushtahi was born in 1959, in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in northern Gaza Strip.

Militant Activities

• Co-founder of the security apparatus for detecting and pursuing i spies known as "Majd" alongside Yahya Sinwar and Khaled al-Indi by order of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin, in 1986;
• Arrested in 1988 and imprisoned for 23 years in i prisons;
• Pursuing spies of the occupiers in i prisons;
• Accused of killing two intelligence officers inside an Israeli prison and interrogating prisoners accused of collaborating with Shin Bet to provide information about prisoners inside Israeli prisons alongside Yahya Sinwar;
• Released from i prisons in the Wafa al-Ahrar loyalty deal, the prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel in 2011, freeing 1027 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli sergeant captured by Hamas special forces units, alongside Yahya Sinwar;
• Following up on files of martyrs, injured, and prisoners after imprisonment and striving to create a dedicated internal system to manage these files;
• Promotion in rank with Sinwar after the second meeting of the Hamas Political Bureau and forming a group titled "Hardline Faction" aimed at leading and organizing prisoners released in Wafa al-Ahrar, residing inside and outside the Gaza Strip, and controlling and strengthening the political, military, and security aspects of Hamas;
• Attempt to kidnap Israelis for exchange with Palestinian prisoners at the head of the Qassam Brigades in 2015;
• Promotion alongside Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif as leaders of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades in 2015;
• Selected as one of the most prominent Hamas members alongside Yahya Sinwar, head of the Gaza Political Bureau, and performing multiple duties such as: responsibility of the Economic Committee, financial affairs, and about two years of responsibility for the coordination file with Egypt in 2017;
• One of the commanders designing the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, 2023;.

Responsibilities

• Head of the Civil Administration in Gaza
• Official in charge of Palestinian prisoners affairs
• Founder of the Hamas General Security Agency
• One of the commanders of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation

Confirmation of Death

Hamas announced on Friday, January 24, 2025, corresponding to 23 Rajab 1446 AH and 5 Bahman 1403 SH, the death of two of its righteous and honorable jihadist leaders, the martyr Ruhi Jamal Mushtahi known as "Abu Jamal", a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, and the martyr Sami Mohammed Oudeh known as "Abu Khalil", head of the General Security Service of the Hamas movement, to the people of Palestine, the Arab nation, and the Islamic nation. The movement added in a condolence statement that these two leaders were in Gaza, the land of pride and honor, in the war of dignity and glory in the blessed Al-Aqsa Flood battle in defense of Palestine, in the most honorable battles of our nation and our struggling people, they joined the defending, resisting, and jihadist martyrs. The movement explained that the jihadist martyr Ruhi Mushtahi known as "Abu Jamal" dedicated his life to God, the elevation of religion, the freedom of his homeland and its sanctities, and in advancing the degrees of jihad and resistance, he stopped to establish the movement. Then he was in the captivity of God's enemies for a quarter of a century and before embracing freedom in the Wafa al-Ahrar deal, he was with faith and stronger will and eager to serve his religion and country and resistance. The movement noted: The jihadist martyr Sami Oudeh "Abu Khalil" spent his life in the way of God and was a solid shield for our people against the occupier's intelligence, overcoming the enemy leaders with his wisdom and cunning and defeating them. In many confrontations, he drove them away like blind people struggling in the battlefield. The movement added: Our two jihadist leaders have gone to their Lord and joined the long caravan of honorable martyrs led by the founding Sheikh Imam Ahmed Yassin who revived the spirit of jihad in our nation with his pure blood and embraced our righteous leaders and continued the path of leaders Martyr Ismail Haniyeh, Martyr Yahya Sinwar and Martyr Saleh al-Arouri. Hamas renewed its allegiance to the people and the nation and to continue the path of jihad, adhering to national standards and people's rights, and will not deviate or surrender until this usurping enemy is expelled from the land and holy sites and an independent Palestinian state with its capital Jerusalem is established.

See Also

• Hamas
• Palestine
• Yahya Sinwar
• Ahmed Yassin
• Saleh al-Arouri
• Ismail Haniyeh
• Israel
• Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades

References

• Sinwar's "Arm" and Israel's Spy Hunter.. Who Is Ruhi Mushtaha, Whose Assassination Israel Announced?, Al-Masry Al-Youm, Publication date: 3 October 2024 AD, Access date: 6 Bahman 1403 SH.
• The Body of "Ruhi Mushtaha", One of Hamas's Senior Members, Discovered, Official Website of Hawzah News Agency, Publication date: 6 Bahman 1403 SH, Access date: 5 Bahman 1403 SH.
• Hamas Mourns the Two Mujahid Leaders Ruhi Mushtaha and Sami Odeh, Website of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Publication date: 24 January 2025 AD, Access date: 6 Bahman 1403 SH.