Jihad Shehadeh

Palestinian military commander (1999–2023)

Jihad Shehadeh
Native name	جهاد مهراج إبراهيم عبد الوهاب شحادة
Birth name	Jihad Maharaj Ibrahim Abdul Wahab Shehadeh
Born	(1999-02-18)18 February 1999 Tulkarm Camp, West Bank
Died	6 November 2023(2023-11-06) (aged 24) Tulkarm, West Bank
Cause of death	Shot
Allegiance	Palestine
Service/branch	al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
Rank	Major General

Jihad Maharaj Ibrahim Abdul Wahab Shehadeh (Arabic: جهاد مهراج إبراهيم عبد الوهاب شحادة; 18 February 1999 – 6 November 2023) was a Palestinian military commander^[1] and co-founder of the Tulkarm Battalion.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He was one of Israel's most wanted, as he was accused of directing and carrying out a series of shootings at IDF forces at Israeli military checkpoints.^[6]

Biography

Shehadeh was born to a family from the Tulkarm refugee camp, attending various schools in his youth.

He co-founded the Tulkarm Battalion - Rapid Response military branch with Amir Abu Khadija, and Shehadeh later took total command of it.^[5] Israeli intelligence forces requested Shehadeh to surrender himself several times throughout his career, to which he declined. He was placed at the district headquarters for al-Qassam for three months in hiding, and then subsequently left to return to military activity.^[7] He became one of Israel's most wanted and the Shin Bet accused him of carrying out many shootings at Israeli military checkpoints.^[6]

Shehadeh had been arrested multiple times by Israel previously, and spent several months in prison,^[8] along with his father Brigadier general "Maharaj Shehadeh", who had been arrested by Israel in 2001 and released in 2016 due to his activity in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.^[7]

Assassination

Shehadeh was assassinated by Israeli forces in a special operation in Tulkarm on 6 November 2023 by firing 100 bullets at his moving vehicle, which he was using along with fellow Tulkarm combattant Izz al-Din Raed Award and others of the al-Qassam Brigades. Their bodies were transferred to Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital. They died of their injuries, according to an announcement by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.^[9]^[10]^[11]

References

^ Samer (2023-11-06). "بالصور - اغتيال جهاد شحادة قائد كتيبه الرد السريع". Belwasat | بالوسط (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ okaz_online@, «عكاظ» (جدة) (2023-11-06). "إسرائيل تغتال قياديين في المقاومة الفلسطينية بالضفة الغربية". Okaz (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ "Four Palestinian gunmen from Tulkarm killed in special operation by Al-Yamam forces". www.i24news.tv (in Arabic). 2023-11-06. Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ "ترور ۳ فرمانده مقاومت فلسطین در شمال کرانه باختری". ایسنا (in Persian). 2023-11-06. Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ ^a ^b "خبرگزاری فارس - ترور 2 فرمانده مقاومت فلسطین در کرانه باختری". خبرگزاری فارس. 2023-11-06. Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ ^a ^b "ميراث الدّم: كتيبة الرّد السّريع حيّةٌ ترزَق". وكـالـة مـعـا الاخـبـارية (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ ^a ^b "ميراث الدّم: كتيبة الرّد السّريع حيّةٌ ترزَق - يونس الطيراوي". Radio Bethlehem 2000 (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ "تقرير معطى لـ"االعتقاالت التي نفذتها قوات االحتالل في الضفة الغربية عـام ″2021" (PDF). mo3ta.ps. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ "الاحتلال يغتال أربعة مقاومين في طولكرم شمال الضفة الغربية (شاهد)". عربي21 (in Arabic). 2023-11-06. Archived from the original on 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ Manal (2023-11-06). "4 شبان يغتالهم الاحتلال في طولكرم". تلفزيون فلسطين (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ "قوات صهيونية تغتال قائديْ كتائب القسام والرد السريع - قناة العالم الاخبارية". www.alalam.ir (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

Israel–Hamas war

Engage-
ments

Hamas-led
attack on Israel

Attacks on civilians	Netiv HaAsara Alumim Be'eri Elchanan Team Holit Kfar Aza Kissufim Nir Oz Nir Yitzhak Nahal Oz Nirim Nova music festival Psyduck music festival
Battles	Re'im Sderot Sufa Zikim Israeli female tank crew fight
General topics	Allegations of genocide Allegations of involvement of UNRWA employees Denial Sexual and gender-based violence

Israeli invasion
of Gaza

Attacks on refugee camps	Jabalia 31 October Al-Shati Al-Maghazi
Attacks on schools	Al-Maghazi Al-Fakhoora Al-Falah Shadia Abu Ghazala School
Attacks on health facilities	Killing of health workers Gaza Strip mass graves Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion Al-Shifa Hospital siege alleged military use ambulance airstrike Kamal Adwan Hospital siege Nasser Hospital siege Nasser Hospital mass graves Gaza Strip mass graves
Other attacks	Airstrikes on municipal services in Gaza Church of Saint Porphyrius Engineer's Building strike and massacre Flour massacre Palestinians evacuating Gaza City Sabra mosque World Central Kitchen drone strikes
General topics	Gaza genocide allegations Bombing of the Gaza Strip Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israel–Hamas war Environmental damage in the Gaza Strip caused by the Israel–Hamas war Torture AI-assisted targeting

Other theaters

Israel–Lebanon border clashes
- Attacks on journalists
Israeli incursions in the West Bank
- Killing of Benjamin Achimeir
- April 2024 Israeli settler rampages
Givat Shaul shooting
Tower 22 drone attack

Iran–Israel conflict	Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus Iranian strikes in Israel Israeli strikes on Iran
Red Sea crisis	Operation Prosperity Guardian Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou 2024 missile strikes in Yemen Marlin Luanda missile strike

Hostage
crisis

Hostages	Noa Argamani Bibas family Alex Dancyg Oded Lifshitz Hersh Goldberg-Polin Naama Levy
Rescued hostages	Operation Golden Hand Ori Megidish
Released hostages	Rachel Edry Yarden Roman-Gat Mia Schem
Deceased hostages	Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka

General
topics

Historical context	Arab–Israeli conflict Blockade of the Gaza Strip Palestinian freedom of movement Israel and apartheid Children Gaza–Israel conflict Casualties of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip Human shields Israeli settlement Israeli outpost Israeli settler violence Israeli disengagement from Gaza Palestinian rocket attacks Palestinian tunnel warfare anti-tunnel barrier Women

Effects

Reactions

Discrimination	Antisemitism Riots in the North Caucasus Anti-Palestinianism Islamophobia Violent incidents Killing of Wadea al-Fayoume Death of Paul Kessler Vermont student shooting Zürich stabbing attack
Protests	France March for the Republic and Against Antisemitism Pro-Palestinian protests at Sciences Po Indonesia 2023 Bitung clashes Israel United Kingdom United States National March on Washington: Free Palestine March for Israel DNC protests March on Washington for Gaza Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell Israel–Hamas war protest vote movements Artists4Ceasefire Columbia University protests
UN resolutions	A/RES/ES-10/21 S/RES/2712 A/RES/ES-10/22 S/RES/2720 S/RES/2728
UN inquiry	Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
World Court	South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention) Legal Consequences of Israeli Policies and Practices
Courts	Defense for Children International-Palestine v. Biden

Casualties

Israel

Security forces	Alim Abdallah Yitzhak Ben-Bashat Jayar Davidov Eli Ginsberg Salman Habaka Asaf Hamami Yitzhar Hofman Roi Levy Izhar Peled Yonatan Steinberg
Civilians	Lior Asulin Yuval Castleman Hayim Katsman Ofir Libstein Shani Louk Aner Shapira Vivian Silver Yahav Winner

Palestine

Hamas	Saleh al-Arouri Abdul Fatah Dukhan Mohammed Dababish Wissam Farhat Ahmed Ghandour Marwan Issa Fursan Khalifa Osama Mazini Ayman Nofal Jamila al-Shanti Ali Al Qadi
Other militants	Fouad Abu Butihan Jihad Shehadeh
Civilians	Tawfic Abdel Jabbar Refaat Alareer Hammam Alloh Naheda and Samr Anton Yazan al-Kafarneh Ibrahim al-Astal Ahmad Bahar Mohammed Barakat Rashid Dabour [ar] Mohamed al-Dalou Awni El-Dous Omar Ferwana Hiba Abu Nada Ibrahim Qusaya Hind Rajab Mohammed Shabir Omar Abu Shawish Sufian Tayeh Wael Al Zard

Spillover

Journalists

General topics

Friendly fire

Related
people

Israelis	Nimrod Aloni Rachel Goldberg-Pollin Eitan Okun [he] Yagel Oshri Inbal Rabin-Lieberman Amir Tibon
Palestinians	Wael Al-Dahdouh Plestia Alaqad Motaz Azaiza Bisan Owda Mustafa Moien Ayyash