Who is Ziyad al-Nakhalah, the Islamic Jihad's Beirut-based chief?

Born in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in 1953, the father of six was first arrested by Israel in 1971 for his membership in the Arab Liberation Forces, a terrorist group.

House where Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Bahaa Abu Al-Ata was assassinated by the IDF

House where Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Bahaa Abu Al-Ata was assassinated by the IDF

(photo credit: MAJDI FATHI/TPS)

ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019 18:04

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