Draft:Abd al-Latif al-Qanu
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| Name | Abd al-Latif al-Qanu |
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| Birth Place | Jabalia city, northern Gaza Strip |
| Brith Date | 1981 (CE) |
| Death Place | Jabalia Camp, northern Gaza Strip (Direct attack by Israel) |
| Death Date | 27 March 2025 (CE) |
| Religion | Islam |
Abd al-Latif al-Qanu was an official spokesman for the Hamas movement, director of the Hamas media office in northern Gaza Strip, and head of the Islamic Council of the University and head of the Islamic Bloc of the student branch of the Hamas movement. He was martyred in an airstrike by Israel on a refugee tent in Jabalia Camp in the northern Gaza Strip, after the violation of the 2025 Gaza Ceasefire by Israel at dawn on Thursday, 27 March 2025 CE, corresponding to 26 Ramadan 1446 AH, equivalent to 7 Farvardin 1404 SH.
Biography
Abd al-Latif al-Qanu was born in 1981 CE, in Jabalia city in the northern Gaza Strip.
Education
He completed his primary education at Al-Rifai and Usama bin Zaid schools, and secondary education at Abu Ubaidah Amir bin al-Jarrah school in 2002 CE. In 2005 CE, he obtained a BA in Fundamentals of Religion from the Islamic University of Gaza, and an MA in Quranic Exegesis from the same university in 2008 CE, and an MA in Management and Leadership from Al-Aqsa University Gaza in 2014 CE, and then graduated with a PhD in Preaching and Media from Al-Aqsa University.
Activist Activities
Al-Qanu served as the head of the Islamic Council of the University and head of the Islamic Bloc of the student branch of the Hamas movement. In 2017 CE, he served as the director of the Hamas media office in northern Gaza Strip. The Hamas movement, in 2016 CE, announced Abd al-Latif al-Qanu and Hazim Qasim as official spokesmen for the movement as part of organizational restructuring. He participated in a number of national events organized by resistance factions, including the Great March of Return and demonstrations in support of the West Bank and Jerusalem, and participated in workshops, conferences, and political and national discussions related to the issue of Palestine. Since the start of the Gaza War, following the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 CE, he had no official presence for a period and lived secretly, did not appear in media interviews, and did not issue official statements. After the implementation of the 2025 Gaza Ceasefire, he reappeared in the media on 19 January.
Viewpoint
He fully believed in resistance in all its forms to confront occupation until liberation, and considered the return of refugees an absolute right guaranteed by international laws. He supported the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 CE borders without recognizing Israeli occupation, considering it part of a transitional solution in the strategy of liberating all Palestine. He also called for the cancellation of the Oslo Agreement because it yielded no achievements. He emphasized the necessity of ending the division of Palestine through democratic elections that guarantee the transfer of power, criticized the exclusivity of the Palestinian Authority leadership in decision-making, and called for reforming the Palestine Liberation Organization to act as an umbrella for all Palestinians. He emphasized that liberation from occupation is only achieved within the framework of a single national program[1].
Martyrdom
Abd al-Latif al-Qanu was martyred in a direct attack by Israel on his tent in Jabalia Camp in the northern Gaza Strip, after the violation of the 2025 Gaza Ceasefire by Israel, at dawn on Thursday, 27 March 2025 CE, corresponding to 26 Ramadan 1446 AH, equivalent to 7 Farvardin 1404 SH[2].
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Hamas Movement
The Hamas Movement, following the martyrdom of Abd al-Latif al-Qanou, the spokesman of the movement, announced in a statement: The mujahid brother and spokesman of the Hamas Movement, Dr. Abd al-Latif al-Qanou, was with God Almighty, who was martyred in the early morning of Thursday, 27 March 2025, during a direct attack by the Zionist regime on a tent in which he was present in Jabalia city in the north of the Gaza Strip; while he remained steadfast from the beginning of the Zionist regime's aggressions against the Gaza Strip until the time of martyrdom. The Hamas statement stated: The martyr brother al-Qanou is an example of stability and sacrifice in serving the nation and the issue of Palestine; such that with full responsibility and courage, he was the carrier of the message of the nation and the issue of Palestine and defended it and the justice of the resistance of the Palestinian nation. Hamas continued: He never weakened in performing his duty as the spokesman of the movement and supported the Palestinian nation in all conditions and despite all the severe dangers he was exposed to, until finally on this great night of the holy month of Ramadan he was martyred and ascended to his Lord. Hamas stated: Targeting the leaders of the Hamas Movement and its spokesmen will never break our will, but rather will increase our insistence on continuing the path until the liberation of our land and sanctities, and the blood of the martyrs will continue to play a role as a factor for continuing the resistance until victory is achieved.
Palestinian Resistance Committees
The Palestinian Resistance Committees, following the martyrdom of Abd al-Latif al-Qanou, spokesman of the Hamas Movement, announced in a statement: We offer condolences for the martyrdom of Dr. Abd al-Latif al-Qanou, spokesman of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, who was martyred on the path of the liberation of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque and within the framework of a cowardly Zionist assassination operation on the night of the 27th of the holy month of Ramadan while he was in his tent in the Jabalia area in the north of the Gaza Strip and thus ultimately with patience and steadfastness and after a life of jihad and resistance he attained martyrdom which was a loud voice for the right of resistance and defense of the people of Palestine and their sanctities and their just issue. The statement stated: We emphasize that the crimes of the Zionist enemy and their cowardly assassinations against the children of the Palestinian nation will never break the will of our nation and resistance to continue the path of jihad and resistance and the path of the martyrs until achieving victory, liberation and the destruction of the Zionist regime. The Palestinian Resistance Committees stated: We pledge with this martyr that Gaza and its resistance will remain like a hard rock and like its martyrs like a sword against the Zionists and a shield against all their malicious conspiracies and evil plans that targeted the Palestinian nation and their sanctities and their issue. We offer condolences to our brothers in the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, its media office and the honorable family of al-Qanou[1].
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- Abd al-Latif al-Qanou, Hamas Spokesman, Assassinated by Israel, Al Jazeera Network website, Published: 27 March 2025, Retrieved: 28 March 2025.
- The latest Israeli assassinations of Hamas leaders.. Who is Abd al-Latif al-Qanou? Erem Media Company website, Published: 27 March 2025, Retrieved: 28 March 2025.
- Hamas's reaction to the martyrdom of "Abd al-Latif al-Qanou", Qods International News Agency website, Published: 28 March 2025, Retrieved: 28 March 2025.