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'''Akram al-Ajouri''' ({{lang-ar|أكرم العجوري}}) is a leader of [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine]] (PIJ) . Al-Ajouri is based in Damascus<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecfr.eu/mapping_palestinian_politics/detail/akram_al_ajouri|title=Akram al-Ajouri|website=Mapping Palestinian Politics|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> and was unsuccessfully targeted in an [[Israeli Defence Forces]] (IDF) airstrike on November 12, 2019, on the same day the IDF killed [[Baha Abu al-Ata]]. The IDF described al-Ajouri as a member of the PIJ's political bureau in Syria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-islamic-jihad.html|title=Israel Kills Senior Islamic Jihad Commander in Gaza|last=Kershner|first=Isabel|date=November 12, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 12, 2019|last2=Abuheweila|first2=Iyad|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|last3=Halbfinger|first3=David M.}}</ref> However, the airstrike on a building in [[Mezzeh]] area killed his son and daughter, and six were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-jihad-says-senior-commander-targeted-in-damascus-strike-son-killed/|title=Islamic Jihad says senior commander targeted in Damascus strike, son killed|date=November 12, 2019|website=The Times of Israel|url-status=live|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref> [[Gaza–Israel clashes (November 2019)|Clashes began between Gaza and Israel]] following his attempted killing and the killing of al-Ata.<ref name=Independent>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-palestine-gaza-jihad-commander-dead-bahaa-abu-el-ata-wife-rocket-sirens-a9199241.html|title=Rocket sirens sound in Tel Aviv after Israel kills Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza|date=November 12, 2019|website=The Independent|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref><br />
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On 24 February 2020 it was reported that he was targeted by an Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/syria/report-israel-strikes-pij-targets-in-syria-and-gaza/2020/02/24/|title=Report: Israel Strikes PIJ Targets in Syria and Gaza|last=Julian|first=Hana Levi|date=February 24, 2020|website=The Jewish Press|language=en-US|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref><br />
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