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Marwan Isa
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nameMarwan Abdul Karim Isa
other namesAbu Al Bara
Personal details
brith year1965 AD - 1343 SH - 1384 HA
birth placeGaza, Palestine
religionIslam
faithSunni
known for
  • Deputy Commander of Ezzedin Qassam Brigades
  • One of the officials responsible for the development of Al-Qassam military power


Marwan Isa is the deputy commander of the Ezzeddin Qassam Brigades, the military branch of the Hamas movement. Some sources claim that Isa is the real leader of Ezzedin Qassam battalions; However, he is still the deputy leader of Hamas Mohammed Diab and serves as the representative of the battalion in the Hamas political office. Israel accuses him of involvement in the October 2023 attacks.

birthday

Marwan Abdul Karim Isa, known as Abu al-Bara, was born in 1965 in the Palestinian refugee camp of El Brij in the middle of the Gaza Strip and grew up with the desire to return to the village where his family came from.

Military activities He joined Muslim Brotherhood in his youth and participated in its defense, social and organizational activities.

prison

He was arrested in 1987 on charges of joining the Hamas movement, subsequently the Palestinian Authority arrested him in 1997.

Joining Hamas

He joined Hamas at the age of 19. His experience in prison after being arrested in the occupied cells shaped Qassami's thought and he joined it immediately after his release and since joining it, he was promoted in its positions until he became one of the decision-makers of the operation. and fight independently or with the advice of Yahya Sanwar, the leader of the Gaza movement.

In prison of the Zionist regime

He was in a group that participated in a series of martyrdom operations in 1996 in retaliation for the assassination of engineer Yahya Ayash along with a number of prominent figures of the movement such as Hasan Salameh and... He was subsequently detained for 4 years and released after the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000. After his release, he played a central role in the transfer of Qassam battalions from paramilitary units that were organized according to the military structure, to battalions, units and brigades based on a specific military hierarchy; He remained unknown until 2005, 10 days before Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, when he was officially introduced as one of the first-line leaders of the Qassam battalions.

Military operations

On June 25, 2006, Palestinian armed groups, including Hamas, launched a cross-border raid into Israel and captured 19-year-old soldier Gilad Shalit. Hamas detained Shalit as part of a prisoner exchange scheme in October 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, and Issa played a key role in arranging the exchange.

Failed Assassinatton

On November 14, 2012, the Israeli army carried out several airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, as a result of which Ahmad al-Jabari, the commander of the Ezzedine Qassam battalions at the time, was killed. He was also targeted in these attacks but survived.

Political activities In a rare appearance at a conference organized by an unnamed Hamas-linked think tank in March 2015, he spoke about an Egyptian court ruling on February 3, 2015 that listed the Ezzedine Qassam Brigades as well as Hamas as terrorists. He said that Hamas is not looking for a military confrontation with Israel at the moment and is primarily interested in doubling its power for a future confrontation by building its missiles, and also claimed that Hamas is looking to create regional alliances that will to do

In 2017, Abu al-Baraa arrived in [Egypt] as part of a military-political delegation to negotiate a prisoner exchange, and his visits were repeated in the following years to discuss cases related to prisoners, ceasefires and crossings. In the same year, he was elected as a member of the political bureau representing the military wing of Hamas and in 2019 he was included in the terrorist lists of America. Then in 2021, he was re-elected to the same position.

Threat of terror again

In February 2020, leaks reported that Israel was planning to assassinate Jesus and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. When they learned of the plot, Egyptian intelligence officials traveled to Israel to convince them not to carry out the assassinations. Ezzeddin Qassam Brigades replied that its leaders are not afraid of terror and will continue their resistance against Israel.

Positions and Responsibilities

  • Member of Hamas Political Bureau in 2017, then re-elected in 2021;
  • One of the officials responsible for the development of Al-Qassam's military power;
  • Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Qassam Forces since 2012;
  • Interface between military leadership and political leadership;
  • One of the leaders responsible for any prisoner exchange deal with Israel;
  • Responsible for settlement operations in al-Qassam battalions;

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