Nizar Rayan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nizar Rayan

Hamas leader

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1959

Place of Birth: Jabalia, Gaza Strip, State of Palestine

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2009

Profession: politician, partisan

Nationality: State of Palestine

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Nizar Rayan (Arabic: ???? ?????, N?zár R??án, also transliterated Rayyan; 6 March 1959 – 1 January 2009) was a high ranking Hamas leader who served as a liaison between the Palestinian organization's political leadership and its military wing.
Also a professor of Islamic law, he became a top Islamic cleric within Hamas after the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 2004.
Rayan was a strong promoter between 1994 and 2004 of suicide bombings on Israel, and his son killed himself on one such mission.
Rayan and most of his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike during the Gaza War.