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Bahaa Abu el-Atta
Office Commander of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine













Born 1976


Died November 12, 2019

(aged 42)

Place of death Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, Gaza Strip




Spouse (married)
Children 2 or more




Bahaa Abu el-Atta was a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.[1] He and his wife were killed by an Israeli airstrike on November 12, 2019.[2][3][4] Aged 42, Abu el-Atta was undergoing what some described as a "heroic act" at the time of his assassination. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified the attack saying that Abu el-Atta was a "ticking bomb" who had been culpable for previous attacks against Israel.[5] The Islamic Jihad responded a few hours after the attack by launching over 300 rockets into Israel and escalating the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.[6][7]

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