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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Born in Jabalia Refugee Camp in 1956; was prohibited from traveling by Israel since 1973, the year in which he joined the Muslim Brotherhood; graduated from Al-Faluja Secondary School in 1975; received a Diploma in Land Survey in 1977; became a Board member of the Islamic Society in Gaza in 1979; was arrested by Israel in 1987 (until 1990), and again in 1991 (until 1994) for political activities; served as head of the Hamas military wing; was a member of the National Salvation Party in Gaza from 1996 and member of its politburo from 1998-2001; was arrested by PA security forces in Dec. 1996; now one of the Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip; serves as Hamas representative to the Higher Islamic and Nationalist Forces Follow Up Committee since the assassination of Abdul Aziz Al-Rantisi; has been involved in the inter-Palestinian factional dialogue in Cairo and elsewhere during 2004-05.; is head of Al-Ri’aya Patients’ Charitable Society in Gaza since 2002; also serves as Board member of ‘Mabarrat Al-Rahmah’ (Mercy Center) Charitable Society in Gaza since 2004.
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