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Abdul Fatah Hasan Dukhan (Arabic: عبد الفتاح دخان‎; 1936 – 11 October 2023), also known as Abu Osama, was a Palestinian militant and a co-founder of Hamas. He was the leading figure in the drafting of the Hamas Charter in 1987.

Early life

Abdul Fatah Hasan Dukhan was born in 1936 and was from Iraq Suwaydan in Mandatory Palestine. In 1948, he was forced to move to Nuseirat Camp in Gaza. He finished his school at an UNRWA school in Gaza and graduated from university in Cairo, majoring in geography. He later went back to Gaza and became a teacher at an UNRWA school.[1] Dukhan later became a school principal in the Nuseirat Camp.[2]

Political career

Dukhan participated in the 9 December 1987 meeting of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza, also attended by Sheikh Yassin, Salah Shehade, Yahya Sinwar and other Hamas co-founders, where Hamas's charter was written, the movement's name was coined, and Hamas was established in Gaza.[3][2] Dukhan was the lead author of the Hamas Charter, which he described as derived from the thought of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood theorist Sayyid Qutb. According to Dukhan, the integration of the word "muqawama" (resistance) into Hamas' name was inspired by the Islamic resistance in southern Lebanon.[4][5][6][7]

By 2022, Dukhan was the oldest member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.[8]

Death

Dukkan was reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat on 10 October 2023 during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.[2] Hamas refuted this claim and stated that he died on 11 October 2023 in Gaza Strip due to the long illness that he endured.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "وفاة أحد مؤسسي حماس التاريخيين عبد الفتاح دخان بغزة". pdn.ps. Palestinian Today News. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Morrison, Dan (11 October 2013). "Israeli Air Strike Kills One of Hamas' Founders: Report". The Messenger. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ Seurat, Leila (2022). The Foreign Policy of Hamas: Ideology, Decision Making and Political Supremacy. I.B. Tauris. p. 7. ISBN 978-1838607449. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Light at the End of their Tunnels? Hamas & the Arab Uprisings" (PDF). International Crisis Group Middle East Report: 16. 14 August 2023.
  5. ^ Alsoos, Imad (2021). "From jihad to resistance: the evolution of Hamas's". Middle Eastern Studies. 57 (5): 834, 836. doi:10.1080/00263206.2021.1897006. S2CID 234860010.
  6. ^ Miller, Aaron David (2 May 2017). "Is Hamas Rebranding with New Manifesto?". Wilson Center. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  7. ^ Levitt, Matthew (1 May 2017). "Hamas's Moderate Rhetoric Belies Militant Activities". Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  8. ^ Brown, Nathan (27 September 2022). "A Procedural Guide to Palestinian Succession: The How of the Who". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  9. ^ "وفاة عبدالفتاح دخان أحد مؤسسي حركة حماس". shms.ps. SHMS News Agency. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Fatah_Dukhan