The names of the operatives killed according to the PIJ (Jerusalem Brigades' Telegram channel, May 14, 2023).
Overview
- On May 13, 2023, after five days of Operation Shield and Arrow, a ceasefire was reached. During the fighting terrorist operatives of the Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip, primarily the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fired 1,469 rockets and mortar shells at Israel: 131 landed in Israeli territory, 291 landed in the Gaza Strip and 39 fell into the sea. The Iron Dome aerial defense system intercepted 39 rockets and the David’s Sling aerial defense system intercepted two long-range rockets (IDF spokesman, May 14, 2023). Two people were killed in Israel and several dozen were wounded; extensive property damage was reported. Six prominent PIJ military-terrorist wing operatives died, killed in IDF targeted killings; the IDF carried out attacks on 422 terrorist targets.[1]
- When the fighting ended the ministry of health in Gaza published final data about the number of Palestinians killed and wounded in Operation Shield and Arrow; according to the data 33 Palestinians were killed, 22 fighting men, six children, three women and two non-combatant elderly men. Reportedly, 190 people were wounded, 64 of them children.
- The ministry of health published an infographic dividing the fatalities according to age and location at the time of their deaths. According to the information, three died in the northern district, 17 in the Gaza City district, on in the central Gaza Strip, seven in the Khan Yunis district and five in the Rafah district (ministry of health in Gaza Twitter account, May 13, 2023).
The ministry of health in Gaza’s infographic
(ministry of health in Gaza Twitter account, May 13, 2023).
- After the ceasefire went into effect the PIJ’s military-terrorist announced that 11 of their commanders and top operatives had been killed (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, May 14, 2023).
The names of the operatives killed according to the PIJ
(Jerusalem Brigades’ Telegram channel, May 14, 2023).
- The Palestinian media also posted notices with the pictures and names of the operatives who were killed; the notices differ (see below).
One of the notices (@qudsfeed Telegram channel, May 13, 2023).[2]
- The ITIC examination of the identities of the 33 fatalities and found the following:
- Twenty were military-terrorist operatives, 13 from the PIJ, six of them commanders, one field commander and four operatives in the Jerusalem Brigades’ rocket force.
- Five were Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist operatives and two were from the Mujahedeen Brigades, of a field commander.
- Two Palestinians were killed who were affiliated with terrorist organizations but did not actively participate in the fighting. One, affiliated with Hamas, was a neighbor of Tareq Izz al-Din, and the other, affiliated with Fatah, was killed by shrapnel from a rocket that misfired.
- Three women and six children were killed, most of them on the first day of fighting during the targeted killings of the three Jerusalem Brigades commanders.
- Regarding the source of the information, as opposed to past practice the ministry of health in Gaza did not report the names of the fatalities. Information was taking from the societal organizations in the Gaza Strip, such as al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, the Palestinian media and formal announcements issued by the military-terrorist wings themselves.
Fatalities by organizational affiliation
|
|
Name |
Age |
Residence |
Cause of death |
Affiliation |
Notes |
|
1 |
Jihad Abd al-Hafez Ghannam/Jihad Shakr Ghannam (Abu Muhammad |
62 |
Rafah |
Targeted killing at the beginning of the operation, May 9, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Prominent Jerusalem Brigades commander |
|
2 |
Khalil Salah Khaled al-Bahtini (Abu Hadi) |
44 |
Gaza City |
Targeted killing at the beginning of the operation, May 9, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Founded the Jerusalem Brigades security force. |
|
3 |
Tareq Ibrahim Muhammad Izz al-Din (Abu Muhammad) |
48 |
Gaza City |
Targeted killing at the beginning of the operation, May 9, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Prominent Jerusalem Brigades commander |
|
4 |
Sa’ed Jawad Abd Ferwana |
28 |
al-Qarara |
Israeli Air Force attack on anti-tank unit, May 9, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Anti-tank missile squad operative |
|
5 |
Wa’el Muhammad Sabri Uthman al-Agha |
34 |
Khan Yunis |
Israeli Air Force attack on anti-tank unit, May 9, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Anti-tank missile squad operative |
|
6 |
Ali Hassan Ghali |
50 |
Khan Yunis |
Targeted killing on PIJ hideout, May 11, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
PIJ rocket force commander |
|
7 |
Mahmoud Hassan Muhammad Ghali |
23 |
Khan Yunis |
Targeted killing on PIJ hideout, May 11, 2023 |
Body wrapped for burial in PIJ flag |
|
|
8 |
Mahmoud Walid Muhammad Abd al-Jawad (Mansour) |
26 |
Rafah |
Targeted killing on PIJ hideout, May 11, 2023 |
Body wrapped for burial in PIJ flag |
|
|
9 |
Ahmed Muhammad Hamdan Abu Daqa |
43 |
Bani Suheila, eastern Khan Yunis |
Targeted killing in Bank Suheila, May 11, 2023 |
Body wrapped for burial in PIJ flag |
Deputy PIJ rocket force commander |
|
10 |
Abd al-Halim Jawdat Kheir al-Najar |
22 |
Unknown |
Targeted killing in Jabalia, May 11, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Rocket force operative |
|
11 |
Alian Atta Darwish Abu Wadi (Abu Bahaa) |
38 |
Jabalia |
Targeted killing in Jabalia, May 11, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Rocket force operative; died May 12, 2023 |
|
12 |
Iyad al-Abd al-Husni (Abu Anas) |
53 |
Al-Karameh, Gaza City |
Killed in attack on building in Gaza City, May 12, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Member f the Military Council and co-responsible for operations |
|
13 |
Muhammad Walid Muhammad Abd Alal |
33 |
Unknown |
Killed in attack on building in Gaza City, May 12, 2023 |
Jerusalem Brigades (PIJ) |
Co-responsible for operations |
|
14 |
Muhammad Yussuf Saleh Abu Ta’ima |
23 |
Abasan al-Kabira |
Killed in UAV strike on May 10, 2023 |
PFLP military-terrorist wing |
Rocket unit operative |
|
15 |
Alaa Maher Yassin Abu Ta’ima |
27 |
Abasan al-Kabira |
Killed in UAV strike on May 10, 2023 |
PFLP military-terrorist wing |
Rocket unit operative |
|
16 |
Alam al-Din Samir Tawfiq Abdul Aziz |
23 |
Rafah |
Killed in attack east of Rafah on May 10, 2023 |
PFLP military-terrorist wing |
Artillery unit operative |
|
17 |
Ayman Karm Hussein Saidam: |
26 |
Rafah |
Killed in attack east of Rafah on May 10, 2023 |
PFLP military-terrorist wing |
Artillery unit operative |
|
18 |
Uday Riadh Ahmed al-Louh |
25 |
Unknown |
Killed in attack on al-Doura mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp |
PFLP military-terrorist wing |
Rocket unit operative |
|
19 |
Hussein Yussuf Abdallah Dalloul |
23 |
Unknown |
Targeted killing in eastern Shejaiya on May 11, 2023 |
Mujahedeen Brigades |
|
|
20 |
Muhammad Suleiman Khalil Dadr |
31 |
Unknown |
Targeted killing in eastern Shejaiya on May 11, 2023 |
Mujahedeen Brigades |
Field commander |
|
21 |
Jamal Saber Muhammad Khaswan |
Gaza City |
Killed in attack on house of Tareq Izz al-Din in Gaza City |
Affiliated with Hamas |
Dentist. No active participation. |
|
|
22 |
Ahmed Muhammad Ghanmi al-Shubaki (Abu Abdallah) |
51 |
Killed by PIJ missile-firing malfunction in northern Gaza Strip on May 10, 2023 |
PA security services, affiliated with Fatah. |
||
|
23 |
Ali Tareq Ibrahim Izz al-Din |
8 |
Gaza City |
Killed in the attack on his father’s house on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Tareq Izz al-Din’s son |
|
24 |
Mayar Tareq Ibrahim Izz al-Din |
12 |
Gaza City |
Killed in the attack on his father’s house on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Tareq Izz al-Din’s daughter |
|
25 |
Hajar Khalil Salah al-Bahtini |
5 |
Gaza City |
Killed with her mother in an attack on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Khalil al-Bahtini’s daughter |
|
26 |
Layla Majdi Mustafa al-Bahtini |
42 |
Gaza City |
Killed with her daughter in an attack on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Khalil al-Bahtini’s wife |
|
27 |
Wafaa Namr Tawfiq Abd al-Hafez Ghannam |
61 |
Rafah |
Killed in an attack on the family house on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Wife of Jihad Ghannam |
|
28 |
Yussuf Jamal Saber Khaswan |
19 |
Gaza City |
Killed in an attack on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Son of Dr. Hamal Khaswan; medical student |
|
29 |
Dr. Merfat Saleh Muhammad Khaswan |
45 |
Gaza City |
Killed in an attack on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Wife of Dr. Hamal Khaswan; medical doctor |
|
30 |
Dania Alaa Atta Addass |
19 |
Gaza City |
Killed in the attack on Khalil al -Bahtini on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Neighbor |
|
31 |
Iman Alaa Atta Addass |
17 |
Killed in the attack on Khalil al -Bahtini on May 9, 2023 |
None |
Neighbor |
|
|
32 |
Layan Bilal Madouh |
10 |
Killed by PIJ missile-firing malfunction in Gaza City on May 10, 2023 |
None |
||
|
33 |
Yazen Jawdat Fathi Alian |
17 (or 20) |
missile-firing malfunction in Gaza City on May 10, 2023 |
None |
[1] For further information see the May 14, 2023, report, "Operation Shield and Arrow in the Gaza Strip – Summary." ↑
[2] https://t.me/qudsfeed/98677 ↑
