September 22, 2014

Examination of the names of Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge - Part Five1

Left: Death notice of PIJ senior commander Mahmoud Awad Ali Ziadeh (website of the Center for Languages and Translations, September 11, 2014). Right: Mahmoud Awad Ali Ziadeh (Abu Awad), battalion commander in the PIJ's northern Gaza Strip brigade (saraya.ps). Mahmoud Awad Ali Ziadeh is one of several senior military commanders of the PIJ killed in Operation Protective Edge.2

The findings to date
1. This information bulletin is the fifth in a series of publications of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC), as part of a project examining the names of the Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge. The project's goal is to determine which of the fatalities are terrorist operatives and which are non-involved citizens, and to examine the ratio between them. The findings of our investigation so far (based on approximately 40% of the names of the dead) suggest that terrorist operatives constitute about 49% of the fatalities who have been identified, while non-involved civilians constitute approximately 51%. This ratio may change as we continue our examination.

Further to the ITIC Information Bulletin from August 26, 2014: "Examination of the names of Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge - Part Four." 2 For information about PIJ fatalities in Operation Protective Edge, see the ITIC Information Bulletin from September 14, 2014: "War of the Casualties: The PIJ reported that 123 of its men were killed in Operation Protective Edge, including several senior commanders. Hamas continues its policy of concealing the number of casualties."

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2. The number of names of those killed, examined by the ITIC to date, is around 750, i.e., about 35% of the number of Palestinians killed to date (a total of 2157, according to a report by the Palestinian Ministry of Health issued on September 14, 2014). The examinations carried out by the ITIC are based on the names of the dead that appear on the Palestinian Health Ministry's lists, despite the reliability problems and deficiencies found in them. From the lists examined we have removed duplicate names and added the names of terrorist operatives, who do not appear on them (both for technical reasons and as a result Hamas's policy of concealment and deception). Therefore, the number of fatalities examined by the ITIC to date is 842 (i.e., approximately 39% of the total number of fatalities). 3. Weighting the findings of the current examination and the findings of the four previous examinations (detailed in the ITIC's previous documents) indicates the following distribution of the 842 fatalities: A. 354 of those killed were terrorist operatives. B. 367 of those killed were non-involved civilians. C. 121 people who were killed are unidentified at this stage. Therefore, it is not possible to determine whether they were terrorist operatives or non-involved civilians. 4. Of the 721 dead who could be identified, terrorist operatives constitute approximately 49% of the names. Non-involved civilians constitute

approximately 51%. This ratio may vary as the ITIC continues to examine additional names of those killed.

Methodological notes
5. The current document examined an additional basic list issued by the Palestinian Health Ministry. The list includes the names of 150 Palestinians, most of whom were killed from July 22 to July 24, 2014. 6. In this document as well, to the number of dead who appeared on the Palestinian Health Ministry's list we added 25 terrorist operatives who were killed in battle in Shejaiya and whose names have not yet been published due to Hamas's policy of concealment (as we did in the two previous documents). To date, a total of 75 terrorist operatives have been added (three groups of 25 operatives). This was done in order to balance the bias that was created by the lists of the Hamas-

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controlled Health Ministry (for an explanation of our methodology, see Part Three of the examination of the names of Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge). If Hamas publishes reliable data about its operatives who were killed in the fighting in Shejaiya, the ITIC will carry out the necessary adaptations and will change the number of operatives that were added. 7. On the basis of additional information that we have obtained, a number of errors have been corrected and supplementary data has been added to the previous examinations that we performed. Principal corrections and supplementary data (for details see Appendix D): A. Three of the fatalities, who appeared in previous lists and were identified as non-involved civilians, have been re-identified as three terrorist operatives, according to the following breakdown: 1) Two Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operatives. 2) One PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative. B. One operative, who was listed as unidentified, was identified as a terrorist operative in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. (Note: these changes were taken into account in weighting the findings of the examinations as appear in paragraph 3).

The findings of the current examination
8. An examination of 150 names that appeared on the Palestinian Health Ministry's list (Appendix C), with the addition of 25 terrorist operatives killed in battle in Shejaiya, yielded the following findings: A. 52 of those killed were identified as terrorist operatives (photos of 29 terror operatives were found, see Appendix B). To this figure we added 25 operatives whose organizational affiliation is unknown (killed in battle in Shejaiya). Hence, the total number of terrorist operatives who were killed is 77. B. 54 names were identified as non-involved civilians. C. The ITIC was unable to identify 44 names that appeared on the list, and have designated them as unidentified.

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9. Below is a breakdown of the organizational affiliation of the 77 terrorist operative fatalities: A. 35 Hamas / Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operatives (one of them was an operative in Hamas's security forces in Gaza) B. Eight PIJ / Al-Quds Battalions operatives C. Four members of Fatah's operational networks D. One PFLP military operative E. One DFLP operative F. One Salah al-Din Brigades operative (the military wing of the PRC) G. 27 terrorist operatives whose organizational affiliation is unidentified 10. Of the 131 fatalities who have been identified in the current examination (75% of all the dead), 77 are terrorist operatives, representing approximately 59% of the fatalities who have been identified. 54 of those killed were non-involved civilians, representing approximately 41% of the fatalities who have been identified.

The PIJ has published data on its fatalities, while Hamas continues with its policy of concealment.
11. On August 29, 2014, three days after the announcement of the ceasefire that ended Operation Protective Edge, the PIJ reported that 123 operatives of the organization were killed in the operation (Al-Quds Battalions website, August 29, 2014). The organization also published photographs of 96 operatives who were killed, some of whom held military positions (see Appendix A). On September 9, 2014, it was reported that another casualty of the organization had died in an Egyptian hospital (Al-Quds Battalions website, September 9, 2014). However, we believe that there is still a discrepancy between the number of fatalities reported by the PIJ and the actual number of fatalities, which is a few dozen higher, in our assessment. 12. The PIJ's practice of publishing the number of those killed and glorifying its senior military operatives (comparing them with Hamas officials who were killed in the war) is part of a propaganda campaign, which is designed to highlight the important role played by the PIJ in the fighting and its military "achievements". Hamas, on its part, still continues to conceal the number of its casualties, which we estimate
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at hundreds of operatives and, in our opinion, exceeds 500. This despite the fact that Hamas pays a political and image-related price for this vis-à-vis the PIJ, and vis-à-vis the Palestinian Authority, which also exploits the concealment policy in order to challenge Hamas. Hamas does so as part of its political and media strategy, which prioritizes the assimilation of the (false) message that the vast majority of those killed were civilians, a message used in its legal-political campaign against Israel on the day after. 13. However, at this stage, these are still only overall estimates. The ITIC's examination of the names of the casualties in Operation Protective Edge on an individual basis, as expressed in its five documents, is still in progress. On completion of the examination, it will be possible to achieve more accurate data about the number of terrorist operatives killed, their organizational segmentation, and the proportion of war casualties of each of the various terrorist organizations.

Erosion of Hamas's policy of concealment?
14. On September 12, 2014, Hamas senior figure Khalil al-Hayya delivered the Friday sermon at the Al-Farouq Mosque in Nuseirat (YouTube video).3 During the sermon, he said that "it is no secret that over sixty members of the Al-Nukhba unit died in the operation." He added that those killed were members of the Quran Reciters Group (which operated in the Al-Farouq Mosque and possibly in other mosques as well). Hamas senior figure Fathi Hamad (former Interior Minister) said that most of the operatives in Hamas's elite forces are Quran Reciters who underwent physical and security training (Palestine Online, September 16, 2014).

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The Al-Farouq Mosque in Nuseirat, which was attacked by the IDF during Operation Protective Edge, was used to store rockets and other weapons, and as a compound for Hamas's activity.

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Khalil al-Hayya, a member of Hamas's political bureau, delivering the Friday sermon at the AlFarouq Mosque in Nuseirat, in which he admitted that the number of fatalities of the Al-Nukhba unit exceeds sixty (YouTube video, Hamas forum, September 12, 2014)

15. Al-Nukhba is an elite unit of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, earmarked for "quality" operations in the Gaza Strip and elsewhere. In our assessment, choosing its members from among the Quran Reciters Group is intended to ensure that they are religiously motivated. During Operation Protective Edge, the unit was deployed for infiltration missions into Israeli territory through tunnels and for attacking IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip. Following Khalil al-Hayya's statement, videos were posted on YouTube (September 12 and 15, 2014) showing the wills of two Al-Nukhba operatives, Walid Tawfiq Darabiya and Amro Khadr Mehjiz, which were recorded before they left for the battlefield. They were killed in eastern Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Besides the reading of the wills by the operatives before leaving for battle, the video documents the training that the two men underwent in the Al-Nukhba unit.

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Walid Tawfiq Darabiya (left) and Amro Khadr Mehjiz (right), nicknamed "the Lions of Al-Nukhba" (YouTube)

Left: Training in a tunnel, from a video dedicated to the memory of Amro Khadr. Right: Training simulating the takeover of an IDF pillbox outpost, from a video dedicated to the memory of Walid Darabiya (YouTube)

16. This is the first time that Hamas has published numerical data about the fatalities in one of its units, accompanied by photos of several operatives who were killed. However, to date Hamas has not published a systematic list of the names of the dead in the Al-Nukhba unit and the total number of those killed in its battalions and brigades, who bore the brunt of the fighting, so it is still continuing its policy of concealment. We believe that the figure that Khalil al-Hayya quoted ("over 60") is minimal and does not reflect all the Al-Nukhba unit's fatalities. This is either out of a desire not to significantly deviate from Hamas's concealment policy or because Al-Hayya (and Hamas) do not yet possess complete data on the fatalities, some of whose bodies are still in the tunnels and various battle sites.
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Exploitation of a child as a supporter of terrorist activity and an attempt to hide his age4
17. The examination of the present list revealed the case of a nine year-old boy who was a terrorist supporter of his uncle, a senior Hamas operative in the Nuseirat refugee camp (central Gaza Strip). The boy and his uncle were killed in the fighting. The boy was Obeida Fadhel Mohammad Abu Hweishel who, according to our examination, was nine years old (born in 2005). However, in the Palestinian Health Ministry's list his age appears as 24. In our assessment, this was done to conceal the fact that a child was exploited as a supporter of terrorist activity.

Obeida Fadhel Mohammad Abu Hweishel shown covered with a shroud bearing the insignia of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades with a headband bearing the words "the Al-Qassam Brigades" (facebook.com).

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For information about the exploitation of children and youths as collaborators or operatives within terrorist organizations further see the ITIC Information Bulletin from September 18, 2014: "The War of Casualties: An examination of the names of Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge revealed several instances of children and teenagers serving as military operatives in the terrorist organizations. The examination also revealed instances in which the ages of Palestinian casualties were falsified by Gaza's Hamas-controlled health ministry. The extent of the phenomenon is still unclear."

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Obeida Fadhel Mohammad Abu Hweishel, whose age appears as 24 in Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra's list (marked in yellow). We believe that this is not an innocent technical error but rather a deliberate manipulation.

18. The photo shows the dead child (referred to on the Facebook page as "the hero child shahid") covered with a shroud bearing the insignia of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades with an Al-Qassam Brigades headband (facebook.com). The Hamas forum (July 23, 2014) reported that he had assisted his uncle, Adel Mohammad Abu Hweishel, in his "jihad activity" (Hamas forum, July 23, 2014). The uncle was a commander of Hamas's rocket network in the Nuseirat refugee camp. 19. The ITIC believes that the case of Obeida Fadhel Mohammad Abu Hweishel is not an isolated instance. In the ITIC's assessment, it reflects a phenomenon whose extent is unclear, of terrorist organizations making use of children and teenagers as collaborators or even as operatives. Children and teenagers in the Gaza Strip undergo military training during the school year and summer vacations, so they possess basic military training, and probably also a high level of motivation to serve Hamas (or other terrorist organizations) during the fighting.5

Appendices
20. The document includes four appendices: A. Appendix A: Findings of the examination of 150 additional names of those killed in Operation Protective Edge, based on a list released by the Palestinian Health Ministry's spokesman, Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra.

5 Extensive information about military training for children and teenagers administered by Hamas at schools and summer camps may be found on the ITIC website.

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B. Appendix B: Photos of 29 terrorist operatives out of 54 operatives who appear on Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra's list. C. Appendix C: An additional 150 names (in Arabic), based on a list released by Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra. D. Appendix D: Additional information and correction of errors that occurred in the previous documents.

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Appendix A
Findings of the examination of 150 additional names of those killed in Operation Protective Edge, based on the list released by Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra (see Appendix C)
No. Name, age, place of residence Najah Nafe' Silmi Abu Adwan, 47 Mohammad Shehadeh Hajjaj, 31 Yousef Mohammad Shehadeh Hajjaj, 26, Gaza. Faiza Saleh Abd al-Rahman Hajjaj, 66, Gaza. Rawan Ziad Jum'a Hajjaj, 15, Gaza. Ahmad Issam Atiya Wishah, 26, Al-Bureij. Rafiq Mohammad Abd al-Qader Abu Kaloub, 45 Hassan Sha'ban Hassan Khamis (maybe alKhamisi), 30, AlBureij. Ahmad Sa'ad al-Badri, 24 Ibrahim Subhi Yousef al-Firi (his age is not stated, but he was apparently over 50) Date and circumstances of death Killed in eastern Rafah, July 22, 2014. Killed in the Shejaiya neighborhood, July 22, 2014. Killed in the Shejaiya neighborhood, July 22, 2014. Killed in the Shejaiya neighborhood, July 22, 2014. Killed in the Shejaiya neighborhood, July 22, 2014. Killed in firing in AlBureij, July 22, 2014. Hit by a car driving in the area of Beit Hanoun, July 23, 2014. Killed in firing in AlBureij, July 22, 2014. Involvement in terrorism Non-involved Remarks

598

599

Unidentified

600

Unidentified

601

Non-involved

602

Non-involved

603

Unidentified

604

Operative in the military wing of the PFLP.

605

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Unidentified Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative.

606 607

Unknown Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 23, 2014.

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608 Ahmad Mohammad Abd al-Jalil Ramadan, 25. Killed in the attack in the Al-Bureij refugee camp, July 22, 2014. Possibly a terrorist operative.  He is referred to as "the heroic shahid" on the Al-Bureij Facebook page.  See photo in Appendix B.

609

610

Khalaf Atiya Oudah Abu Sneima, 16 (or 18) Khalil Atiya Oudah Abu Sneima, 21.

Killed in an attack in eastern Rafah, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Rafah, July 22, 2014.

Unidentified

Unidentified

611

612

Mohammad Ahmad As'ad alBadi, 12 months. Mohammad Talal Ibrahim alJarf, 22 Ahmad Kamal (note: probably, should read Kamel) Ahmad Abu Mugheisib. 18, Al-Bureij (according to other versions he was 35). Raed Abd alRahman Abu Mugheisib, 35, Beit Lahiya. Mustafa Mohammad Mahmoud Fayad, 24. Nur al-Islam Raed Ahmad Abu Hweishel. Six, Deir alBalah (according to another version, he was 12).

Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack in the Al-Bureij refugee camp, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Al-Bureij, July 22, 2014.

Non-involved

Unidentified

613

Fatah / Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades operative

See photo in Appendix B.

614

Killed in an attack in Al-Bureij, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack in Deir al-Balah, July 22, 2014.

Senior commander in the DFLP. Operative in the Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades elite Al-Nukhba unit. Non-involved See photo in Appendix B.

615

616

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617 Raed Zuheir Hassan Salah, 22. Killed in an attack in Al-Bureij, July 22, 2014. Terrorist operative. Possibly an Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. See photo in Appendix B.

618

Ahmad Nasim Ahmad Saleh, 23, Al-Bureij.

Killed in an attack in Al-Bureij, July 22, 2014.

619

Mahmoud Mohammad Ghanem, 22.

Killed in an attack in Al-Bureij, July 22, 2014.

 Served as a counselor at Hamas's summer camps.  See photo in Appendix B.  The Facebook page of the Al-Bureij refugee camp calls him "the heroic shahid".  See photo in Appendix B.

620

621

Samih Suleiman Mahmoud Abu Jalala, 63 Abbas al-Souri (age not stated, referred to as a "man"). Mohammad alDa'alsa

622

623

Hani Awad Oudah Samour, 39.

Killed on July 23, 2014, in an unknown location. Killed in an attack while riding a motorcycle in Nuseirat, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack while riding a motorcycle in Nuseirat, July 22, 2014. Killed in Khan Yunis, July 22, 2014.

Non-involved

Unidentified

Unidentified

Operative in Hamas's security and guarding forces in Gaza.

624

Ahmad Ibrahim Subhi Shbeir (Abu Hadid), 22.

Killed in an attack while riding a motorcycle, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack while riding a motorcycle, July 22, 2014.

Fatah / Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades operative Unidentified

He might be Atiya Mohammad Hassan alDa'alsa, a Fatah operative (no. 746 in the table).  In reports issued by Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, the fatality was said to be 75 and was killed in an attack while riding a motorcycle.  See photo in Appendix B. See photo in Appendix B.

625

Marwan Ibrahim Samour. 38, eastern Khan Yunis.

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626 Radi Abu Hweishel 40, Nuseirat. Killed in the attack on the home of the Abu Hweishel family, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack in Nuseirat, July 22, 2014. Unidentified

627

628

Yousef Fawzi Ibrahim Abu Mustafa 20, central Gaza Strip. Obeida Fadhel Mohammad Abu Hweishel, 24, Nuseirat (he is actually 9).

Non-involved

Killed in an attack in Nuseirat, July 22, 2014.

Served as a supporter of terrorist activity in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

 Supported his uncle, Adel Mohammad Abu Hweishel, in his "jihad activity". The uncle was the commander of Hamas's rocket network in Nuseirat (Hamas forum, July 23, 2014).  (Referred to in Facebook page as "the child shahid hero"). The photo shows him covered with a shroud bearing the insignia of the Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades with a headband bearing the words "the Al-Qassam Brigades".  See photo in Appendix B.

629

Mo'tasem Salim Salameh al-Haj Salameh, 24.

630

Haroun Awad Wasfi Harara. 25, Gaza.

Killed in an attack in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza, July 22, 2014. Unknown

Unidentified

631

Mohammad Ahmad Sa'ad Abu Hajr, 22.

Unknown

Operative in the Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades elite (Al-Nukhba) unit. Unidentified

See photo in Appendix B.

632

633

Abdallah Mohammad Hamed al-Sa'di, 26. Hatem Zayn Naef Hatem alYazji, three.

Unknown

Unidentified

Unknown

Non-involved

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634 Hamada Rafiq Hamdan Alwiya, 25. Hussam Mohammad Hussein alKoulak, 19. Mohammed Khaled Mohammed Ahl, 19, Gaza. Hassan Abu Hin, 70. Osama Abu Hin, 34. Unknown Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Unidentified

635

636

637

638

Killed in an attack in the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack in the al-Shaaf neighborhood in Gaza, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Gaza City, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Gaza City, July 23, 2014. Unknown

Non-involved

Non-involved

639

640

Ahmad Abdallah Mohammad Abu Salah Ismail Mahmoud Mohammad Abu Zarifa, 58, Khan Yunis.

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Unidentified

Killed in an attack in Abasan alKabira in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in Abasan alKabira in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in Abasan alKabira in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014.

Non-involved

641

Zainab Safwat Abd Abu Tir, 4, Khan Yunis.

Non-involved

642

643

644

645

646

Shehada Ahmad Ibrahim Abu Jame', 37, Khan Yunis. Yahya Saber Ramadan Salout, 19, Khan Yunis. Ahmad Abd alHakim Abdallah Asfour, 30. Tawfiq Jabara Mohammad alAgha, 61, Khan Yunis. Salman Abd alKarim Suleiman Abu Eid, 79, Khan Yunis.

Non-involved

Non-involved

Unidentified

Non-involved

Non-involved

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647 Mohammad Subhi Salim Abedin, 23, Khan Yunis. Adel Mohammad Abu Hweishel, 40. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp, July 22, 2014. Unidentified

648

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative.

 Served as the head of Hamas's rocket system in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.  See photo in Appendix B.

649

650

Mahdi Kamel Mohammad Abu Adwan, 12 months. Yousef Ahmad Moussa (alSheikh Eid) alZameli, 24, Rafah.

Killed in an attack in Rafah, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Rafah. According to the Palestinians, he was in an ambulance evacuating the injured, July 22, 2014.

Non-involved

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative.

 According to the Palestinians, he belonged to a Red Crescent medical team.  He may have been a terrorist operative who made use of the ambulance for military purposes.  See photo in Appendix B.

651

652

653

Ahmad As'ad Rashad al-Badi, 24 or 27, Beit Lahiya. Shahd Mu'in Ali Qishta, 9, Beit Lahiya. Osama Bahjat Mohammad Rajab, 22, northern camps. Mohammad Daoud Abd alLatif Hamouda, 23, northern camps.

Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 22, 2014.

Unidentified

Non-involved

Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 22, 2014.

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Possibly a terrorist operative

See photo in Appendix B.

654

Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 22, 2014.

On the Facebook page of Imad Abu Turki (a social networking activist from Hebron) he is referred to as a mujahed (i.e., jihad fighter), July 23, 2014.

655

Manal Mohammad alAstal, 45, Khan Yunis.

Killed in an attack in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014.

Non-involved

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656 Mahmoud Awad Ali Ziadeh, Jabaliya. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. PIJ Al-Quds Battalions terrorist operative. Battalion commander in the northern Gaza Strip Brigades. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative Non-involved See photo in Appendix B.

657

658

659

660

Wissam Bahjat Mohammad Rajab, 21, northern camps. Rabi' Qassem Rabi' Abu Ras, northern camps. Izzat Umayya Izzat al-Sayyid, 18, northern camps. Ahmad Adel Ali Hamida, 23, northern camps. Raed Salem Rajab al-Radi', 19, northern camps. Salma Salem Rajab al-Radi', 2, northern camps. Iyad Ghaleb alRadi', 2, northern camps. Wael Maher Awad, 19, northern camps.

Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Al-Qarara, eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Al-Qarara, eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in the attack in the Shejaiya neighborhood, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Al-Qarara, eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014.

See photo in Appendix B.

661

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Non-involved

See photo in Appendix B.

662

Non-involved

663

Non-involved

664

PIJ Al-Quds Battalions terrorist operative. PIJ Al-Quds Battalions terrorist operative. Unidentified This might be Hussam Ayman Mohareb, no. 675 in the table.

665

Ahmad Mahmoud Sahwil, 23, northern camps. Hussam Ahmad Ayad, 24, Gaza.

666

667

Mohammad Farid Tawfiq alAstal (al-Amir), 25, Khan Yunis.

Salah al-Din Battalions commander.

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668 Ali Hamed Mohammad (Salah) al-Astal, 28, Khan Yuni. Fathiya Nadi Marzouq Abu Mo'ammar, 72, Al-Nasr, the Rafah region. Yousef Kamal Qadoura Hamouda, 29, northern camps. Tareq Farouq Mahmoud Tafesh, 37, Gaza. Killed in an attack in Al-Qarara, eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Al-Nasr, northwest of Rafah, July 23, 2014. Killed in Jabaliya. PIJ Al-Quds Battalions terrorist operative. Non-involved See photo in Appendix B.

669

670

671

672

673

Mahmoud Ziad Mas'oud Habib, 28, Gaza. Hazem Naim Mohammad Aql, 14, Gaza.

674

Mohammad Nasr Atiya Ayad, 25, Gaza.

675

Hussam Ayman Mohareb Ayad, 23, Gaza.

Killed in an attack in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza, July 19, 2014. His body was recovered from the rubble on July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Gaza, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in the Zeitoun neighborhood in southern Gaza City, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza, July 19, 2014. His body was recovered from the rubble on July 24, 2014. Killed in battle in Shejaiya, July 23, 2014

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Non-involved

Non-involved

Non-involved

Non-involved

676

Faez (?) Naef Maher Naef alZaza, 24, Gaza.

677

Nidal Hamad (or Hamadi) Diab al-Ajleh, 31, Gaza.

Killed in an attack in the Zeitoun neighborhood in southern Gaza City, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza, July 23, 2014.

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Served as a sniper. Non-involved

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative

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678 Omar Zaher Saleh Abu Hussein, 19, Gaza. Adnan Ghazi Sa'ad Habib, 23, Gaza. No details are known about him. Unidentified

679

680

681

682

Mohammad Abd al-Raouf Mohammad alDada (?), 40, Gaza. Ahmad Mohammad Darwish Boulboul, 20, Gaza. Ahmad Nabil Abu Mourad, 21

His body was recovered from the rubble in the village of Al-Mugharaqa in the central Gaza Strip, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Gaza, July 23, 2014.

Unidentified

Non-involved

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative Non-involved

See photo in Appendix B.

Killed in an unknown location, July 25, 2014. Killed in an attack in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Sheikh Zayed, northern Gaza Strip, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Beit Lahiya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 22, 2014. Killed in an attack in Sheikh Zayed, northern Gaza Strip, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Sheikh Zayed, northern Gaza Strip, July 23, 2014.

See photo in Appendix B.

683

Naef Faez Naef al-Zaza, 19, Gaza.

684

Ayman Adham Yousef al-Hajj Ahmad, 16, northern camps. Ziad Ghaleb Rajab al-Radi', 23, northern camps. Wael Bashir Yahya Assaf, 24, northern camps. Bilal Ali Ahmad Abu Azra, 25, northern camps.

Non-involved

685

Non-involved

686

687

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative.

688

Abd al-Karim Nasser Saleh Abu Jarmi, 25, northern camps.

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689 Adham Ahmad Ibrahim Abu Aita, 4, Jabaliya. Jamila Salim Eid Abu Aita, 55, Jabaliya. Ibrahim Abdallah Ibrahim Abu Aita, 66 ,Jabaliya. Hadi Abd alHamid Abd alFattah Abd alNabi, 3, Jabaliya. Abd al-Rahman Mahmoud Abd al-Fattah Abd al-Nabi, 12 months, Jabaliya. Ahmad Ibrahim Abdallah Abu Aita, 31 ,Jabaliya. Bilal Ziad Ahmad Alwan, 20, northern camps. Majed Mahmoud Mohammad Hamid, 28, northern camps. Milad Omran Khamis al-Astal, 29, Khan Yunis. Mohammad Omran Khamis al-Astal, 33, Khan Yunis. Malek Amin Ahmad al-Astal, 24, Khan Yunis. Ahmad Ta'er Omran al-Astal, 33, Khan Yunis. Amin Ta'er Omran al-Astal, 3. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Non-involved

690

Non-involved

691

Non-involved

692

Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 24, 2014.

Non-involved

693

Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 24, 2014.

Non-involved

694

Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 23, 2014.

Unidentified

695

696

PIJ Al-Quds Battalions terrorist operative. PIJ Al-Quds Battalions terrorist operative. Non-involved

697

698

699

700

701

Killed in an attack in western Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in western Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in western Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in western Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014.

Non-involved

Non-involved

Non-involved

Non-involved

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702 Nada Ta'er Omran al-Astal. 5. Ismail Mohammad alAstal, 45. Ahmad Ismail [Mohammad] alAstal, 20. Mahmoud Ismail Mohammad alAstal, 15. Mohammad Saleh al-Astal, 18. Mohammad Hassan al-Astal, 42. Abd al-Hadi Abd al-Hamid Abd al-Nabi, 2, Jabaliya. Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Aita, 32, Jabaliya. Mohammad Ahmad Salem al-Najar, 55. Shadi Yousef alNajar, 15. Anwar Ahmad Abu Daqqa, apparently 45. Sami Moussa Abu Daqqa, apparently 35. Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Daqqa, apparently 42. Adli Khalil Abu Daqqa, 45, Khan Yunis. Akram Ibrahim Abu Daqqa, 50, Khan Yunis. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. There are no details about him. Non-involved

703

704

705

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Non-involved

See photo in Appendix B.

See photo in Appendix B.

706

707

708

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Non-involved

See photo in Appendix B.

See photo in Appendix B.

709

Killed in an attack in Jabaliya, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Ikhza'a, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Ikhza'a, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Abasan/Ikhza'a, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Abasan/Ikhza'a, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Abasan/Ikhza'a, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Abasan/Ikhza'a, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in the area of Ikhza'a, July 24, 2014.

Unidentified

710

Non-involved

711

Non-involved

712

Unidentified

713

Unidentified

714

Unidentified

715

716

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative.

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717 Anas Akram Mohammad alSakafi, 18. Sa'ad Akram Mohammad alSakafi, 18. Ismail Hassan Abu Rjeila, 57. Bakr Fathi alNajar/Qdeih Killed in an attack in Shejaiya, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Shejaiya, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Al-Atatra, July 24, 2014. PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative. PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative. Unidentified Unidentified See photo in Appendix B. See photo in Appendix B.

718

719 720

721

Nafez Suleiman Qdeih, 34.

Fatah operative.

722 723

724

725

Nabil Qdeih, apparently 45. Khadr Khalil Khadr al-Loh, 27 (42, according to other sources ). Hanan Jihad Matar (his age is not stated) Tamam Hamad (age not stated) Mohammad Jihad Matar (his age is not stated) Abd al-Aziz Nour al-Din Ibrahim Nour, 21. Ahmad Abd alKarim Ahmad Hassan, Khan Yunis, apparently 51. Mohammad Ismail Khadr, Khan Yuni. Rasmi Salim Hussein Abu Reida, 54. Hanafi Mahmoud Kamel Abu Yousef, 39.

Unidentified Unidentified

Unknown

Unidentified

726

Killed in an attack in Beit Hanoun, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Beit Hanoun, July 24, 2014. Killed in Shejaiya, July 24, 2014.

Non-involved

Unidentified

727

728

Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014.

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Unidentified

729

730

731

Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in the area of Ikhza'a. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014.

Unidentified

Non-involved  Killed while securing the withdrawal of "jihad fighters" during combat with the IDF.  See photo in Appendix B.

Apparently an Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades terrorist operative.

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732 Ahmad Mohammad Kamel Qdeih, 23 (30, according to a different version). Rami Raed Taleb Qdeih, 19. Saddam Ibrahim Oudah Allah Abu Asi, 23. Mohammad Mansour Hamdi al-Bashiti, 8. Mohammad Naim Saleh Abu Tueima, 12. Salem Abdallah Moussa Abu Tueima, 36. Mohammad Radi Mahmoud Abu Reida, 22. Hassan Majdi Mahmoud Radwan, 19. Killed in an attack in the area of Ikhza'a, July 23, 2014. Unidentified

733

734

735

736

737

738

739

740

Mohammad Sami As'id Omran, 26. Ataf Kamel Mohammad Abu Daqqa, 54, Khan Yunis. Sha'ban Moussa Mohammad Abu Hayya, 64. Ahmad Sufyan Abu Hjeir, 23. Zakaria Alaa Subhi al-Batsh, 20.

Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. Killed in an attack in Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in eastern Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in the area of Bani Suheila, July 23, 2014. Killed in an attack in the area of alZana in Bani Suheila, July 24, 2014. Killed in Khan Yunis, July 23, 2014. Killed in Khan Yunis, July 24, 2014. How and where he was killed is unknown. How and where he was killed is unknown. How and where he was killed is unknown.

Unidentified

Unidentified

Non-involved

Non-involved

Unidentified

Unidentified

Unidentified

741

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative Non-involved

See photo in Appendix B.

742

Non-involved

743

Unidentified

744

Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative.

See photo in Appendix B.

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745 Abd al-Karim Hamad Abd alKarim Abu Hjeir, 33, Khan Yunis. How and where he was killed is unknown. Unidentified

746

Atiya Mohammad Hassan alDa'alsa, 34.

747

Atiya Mohammad Mohammad Abd al-Razeq, 34

Killed while riding a motorcycle in the central Gaza Strip, carrying out a "jihad mission", July 23, 2014. How and where he was killed is unknown.

Fatah military operative.

See photo in Appendix B.

Unidentified

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Appendix B
Photos of 29 terrorist operatives out of the 52 identified operatives who appear on Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra's list

Ahmad Kamel Abu Mugheisib (No. 613 in the table), Fatah / Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades operative (facebook.com)

Ahmad Mohammad Abd al-Jalil Ramadan (No. 608 in the table), terrorist operative. He is referred to as "the heroic shahid" on the Al-Bureij Facebook page (facebook.com).

Mahmoud Ghanem (No. 619 in the table), referred to as "the heroic shahid" on the Al-Bureij refugee camp Facebook page (facebook.com).

Raed Zuheir Hassan Salah (No. 617 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (youtube.com)

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Another picture of Ahmad Nasim Saleh (No. 618 in the table). The text beside the photo reads: "Outlining the route out of complete faith that he who follows it will receive one of the two best rewards: either victory or martyrdom. See you in Paradise." (hamedsalameha.wordpress.com)

Ahmad Nasim Saleh (No. 618 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative, from a video produced in his memory (youtube.com)

Ahmad Ibrahim Subhi Shbeir (Abu Hadid) (No. 624 in the table), Fatah / Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades operative (nedal.net)

Hani Awad Oudah Samour (No. 623 in the table), (moidev.moi.gov.ps; facebook.com)

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Haroun Awad Wasfi Harara (No. 630 in the table), operative in the Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades elite (Al-Nukhba) unit (Hamas forum, August 18 and 30, 2014)

Obeida Fadhel Abu Hweishel (No. 628 in the table), child who collaborated with the Izz alDin al-Qassam Brigades, referred to on Facebook as "the child shahid hero". The photo shows him covered with a shroud bearing the insignia of the Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades with a headband bearing the words "the Al-Qassam Brigades" (facebook.com).

Adel Mohammad Abu Hweishel (No. 648 in the table), (elderofziyon.blogspot.com)

Adel Mohammad Abu Hweishel (No. 648 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative who served as the head of Hamas's rocket network in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip (elderofziyon.blogspot.com).

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Yousef al-Zameli, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative, in the uniform of the Red Crescent (palnurse.com)

Yousef Ahmad Moussa (al-Sheikh Eid) al-Zameli (No. 650 in the table); the photo shows the insignia of the Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades on his forehead (facebook.com)

Mahmoud Awad Ali Ziadeh (No. 656 in the table), PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative. Battalion commander in the northern Gaza Strip Brigades (saraya.ps)

Osama Bahjat Mohammad Rajab (No. 653 in the table), Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

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Izzat Umayya Izzat al-Sayyid (no. 659 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (paltimes.net)

Wissam Bahjat Mohammad Rajab (No. 657 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

Ahmad Mahmoud Sahwil (no. 665 in the table), PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative (saraya.ps)

Izzat Umayya Izzat al-Sayyid (no. 659 in the table), Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative. Referred to on Facebook as the "jihad fighting shahid" (facebook.com)

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Death notice of Ahmad Mohammad Boulboul, the "jihad fighting shahid", issued by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades

Ahmad Mohammad Boulboul (No. 681 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

Ismail Mohammad al-Astal (No. 703 in the table), Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

Ahmad Nabil Abu Mourad (No. 682 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

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Mohammad Saleh al-Astal (No. 706 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

Ahmad Ismail al-Astal (No. 704 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

Anas al-Sakafi (No. 717 in the table), PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative (paltoday.ps)

Mohammad Hassan al-Astal (No. 707 in the table), Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

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Abd al-Aziz Nour al-Din Nour (No. 727 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

Sa'ad al-Sakafi (No. 718 in the table), PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative (paltoday.ps)

Mohammad Sami Omran (No. 740 in the table), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (paldf.net)

Hanafi Abu Yousef (No. 731 in the table), terrorist operative. The Facebook page of the Abasan neighborhood states that he was killed while securing the withdrawal of other operatives during clashes with the IDF (facebook.com).

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Atiya Mohammad Hassan al-Da'alsa (No. 746 in the table), Fatah military operative (facebook.com)

Zakaria Alaa al-Batsh (No. 744 in the table), Izz alDin al-Qassam Brigades operative (facebook.com)

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Appendix C
An additional 150 names, based on a list released by Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra6

6

This list was taken from Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra's Facebook page from July 27, 2014.

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Appendix D
Additional information and correction of errors that occurred in the previous documents7

Yousef Yousef Ghazi Atiya Hamdiya (No. 499 in the table in Part Three of the examination of the names of the Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge, August 19, 2014). He appeared as unidentified, but additional information shows that he was an Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (paldf.net).

Khaled Majed al-Batsh (No. 147 in the table in the first document about the Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge, July 28, 2014). He was listed as a non-involved civilian, but additional information shows that he was an Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative (facebook.com).

Left: Yahya Alaa al-Batsh, in a video clip dedicated to his memory, which was uploaded to YouTube (youtube.com). Right: Yahya Alaa al-Batsh (No. 142 in the table in the first document about the Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge, July 28, 2014). He was listed as a non-involved civilian, but additional information shows that he was an Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative. On the al-Batsh family's Facebook page, he is referred to as the "AlQassam shahid" (facebook.com).
7

Additions complementing the information about the fatalities in the four previous documents examining the names of Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge.

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Abdallah Ismail Omar al-Buhaisi (No. 563 in the table in Part Four), PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative (saraya.ps). This is his photo; the photo that appeared in Part Four was not.

Ibrahim As'ad Abd al-Qader al-Qara (No. 533 in Part Four). PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative (facebook.com). This is his photo; the photo that appeared in Part Four was not.

Abdallah Salem al-Akhras (No. 228 in the table in Part Two), Izz al-Din alQassam Brigades operative who was also a policeman (facebook.com).

Hamada Abdallah al-Bashiti (No. 269 in the table in Part Two), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative (facebook.com). Killed in the fighting in Khan Yunis. His photo has not appeared until now.

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Abd al-Rahman al-Sakafi (No. 418 in the table in Part Three), PIJ Al-Quds Battalions operative who was incorrectly identified as a non-involved civilian (paltoday.ps).

Mohammad Mahmoud al-Maqadma (No. 400 in the table in Part Three), Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative and not a "terrorist operative" as he was previously identified (facebook.com).

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