Abu Zakaria al-Jamal | |
Birth Date: | 1959 |
Death Date: | 3 January 2009 |
Death Place: | Gaza City |
Allegiance: | (Hamas) |
Battles: | 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict |
Abu Zakaria al-Jamal (Arabic: أبو زكريا الجمال; 1959 - 3 January 2009) was a senior Hamas commander.[1]
Abu was the second senior Hamas member to be killed in the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict after Nizar Rayan. He was killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza on 3 January 2009.[2] Zakaria al-Jamal was commander of Gaza City's rocket-launching squads, belonging to Hamas' military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.[3]