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{{Short description|Commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades}}
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'''Emed Akel''' also spelled '''Imad Akel''' ({{lang-ar|عماد عقل}}, 1971–1993) was a commander of the [[Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades]], the military wing of [[Hamas]]. He was killed at age 22 by [[Israel]]i forces outside a house where he was hiding in 1993. In July 2009, Hamas released its first film, a two-hour biopic celebrating the life and martyrdom of Akel. The film was written by Hamas strongman [[Mahmoud al-Zahar]] and the [[Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|interior minister]], [[Fathi Hamad]].<ref name="JPOST">[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443841068&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Gaza: Hamas produces first feature film]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''[[Associated Press]]'' and ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'' staff. 18 July 2009.</ref>

==Biography==
According to his older brother Adel, Emad was more interested in geography than in politics. He was reportedly the most academic student in the class at his elementary school and then assistant to his teacher in preparatory school. Some of his relatives were arrested, including his cousin Walid and other more distant relatives were killed by Israeli troops in firefights. Afterward, he began to support Hamas, joining the movement. On 23 September 1988, Emad and his brother were arrested for their membership with the movement.<ref name="Fisk"/>

After being released, he became a fighter in the [[Gaza Strip]]. He became known as "the ghost" for his many disguises, including dressing up as a [[Jewish settler]] with a skullcap. In the early 1990s, Akel topped Israel's most wanted list for his suspected role in killing 11 Israeli soldiers, an Israeli civilian and four [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] informants in a series of attacks.<ref name="JPOST"/> Emad stated to his brother in 1991, "The Israelis are after me and they will go on following me until I fight back and then I will die at their hands and, for this reason, I will go to paradise."<ref name="Fisk"/>

On 24 November 1993, a Palestinian informant reported to the [[Israel Defense Forces]] the location of Akel. Akel was hiding with other fighters in a house in [[Shuja'iyya]]. After several hours of the siege of the neighborhood, Akel tried to escape, and was immediately shot by [[Israel Defense Forces]] soldiers. At the time of his death, journalist [[Robert Fisk]] calls Akel "''the most important Hamas activist ever shot dead by the Israeli army.''" Israeli soldiers buried Akel in a cemetery in the [[Jabalia Camp]] at night to avoid demonstrations by Palestinian supporters.<ref name="Fisk">{{cite news | last=Fisk | first=Robert | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/hamas-mourns-its-greatest-martyr-robert-fisk-in-marj-al-zohour-southern-lebanon-hears-how-a-1507460.html | title=Hamas mourns its greatest martyr: Robert Fisk in Marj al-Zohour, southern Lebanon, hears how a Palestinian came to die for the Islamic 'revolution' in Israel | newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=London | date=9 November 1993 | accessdate=28 September 2020 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ahmad Yasin]]
* [[Salah Shehade]]
* [[Yahya Ayyash]]

==References==
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