Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMahmoud al-Mabhouh
Hamas commander
Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1960
Place of Birth: Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip, State of Palestine
Date of Death: 19-Jan-2010
Profession: politician
Nationality: State of Palestine
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Mahmoud al-Mabhouh
- Mahmoud Abdel Rauf al-Mabhouh (Arabic: ????? ??? ?????? ?????????; 14 February 1960 – 19 January 2010) was the chief of logistics and weapons procurement for Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
- He is remembered for his assassination in Dubai (widely seen as an operation by Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence agency) and the diplomatic crisis his assassination triggered after Mossad agents allegedly used forged foreign passports to carry out the killing.As Hamas's logistics officer, Al-Mabhouh oversaw the transfer of advanced weapons from Iran such as anti tank missiles, guided missiles and rockets to Hamas in Gaza for the purpose of targeting Israel.
- He also planned the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers in Gaza in 1989.
- In more recent years, al-Mabhouh had played an important role in procuring weapons for the al-Qassam Brigades.
- In 2010, journalists Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv alleged that al-Mabhouh had played a vital role as the middleman in forging secret relationships between Hamas and the Quds Force in Iran.Al-Mabhouh was killed in the five-star Al Bustan Rotana Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 19 January 2010, having arrived in the country earlier that day from Syria under an alias and using one of several passports.
- According to police, al-Mabhouh was drugged, electrocuted and then suffocated with a pillow.
- Widespread speculation, which Dubai police allegations support, is that he was killed by Israeli Mossad agents.
- Allegations that the agents used fraudulently obtained passports from several countries led to the arrests and expulsions of several Israeli officials and diplomats in several European countries and Australia.
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