Mohammed Odeh dead at age 51, commander of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, airstrike
Mohammed Odeh, a Palestinian Islamic militant and commander of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, died on May 26, 2026, in an airstrike. He was 51 or 52. Born in 1974…
Famous Dead People from Palestine
Over 200 obituaries for famous people from Palestine who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Ofer Bronchtein dead at age 69, French-Israeli peace activist and diplomat, complications from chro…
Ofer Bronchtein, a French-Israeli peace activist and diplomat, died on May 18, 2026, in Paris, France, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 69. Born in Beersheba, Israel,…
Izz al-Din al-Haddad dead at age 55, Palestinian Islamic militant, commander of Hamas in the Gaza S…
Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a Palestinian Islamic militant and commander of Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2025, died on May 15, 2026, in an airstrike. Also known by the nom…
Mohammed Washah Palestinian journalist, airstrike dead at age 39
Mohammed Washah, a Palestinian journalist, died on April 8, 2026, after an Israeli airstrike targeted the vehicle he was in while driving in Gaza City. He was 39–40 and worked…
Muhammad Kamal Hassouna Palestinian politician, minister of national economy dead at age 84
Muhammad Kamal Hassouna, a Palestinian politician and businessman who served as minister of national economy from 2007 to 2009, died on March 20, 2026. He was born in Hebron on…
Timeline of the Gaza war (3 October 2025 – present) Palestinian militant, senior field commander of…
[Name not provided], a Palestinian militant and senior field commander of the Khan Younis brigade, died on March 17, 2026. The death was noted in the context of the Gaza…
Samih Tabila Architect dead at age 75
Samih Tabila, a Palestinian politician and architect who served as minister of transport and communications, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 75. A member of Fatah, he…
Jamal Rayyan Palestinian news anchorman dead at age 72
Jamal Rayyan, a Palestinian news anchorman with Al Jazeera, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Tulkarm, West Bank, on August 23, 1953, he worked…
Walid Khalidi Historian dead at age 100
Walid Khalidi, a Palestinian historian, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 100. He wrote extensively on the Palestinian exodus and co-founded the Institute for Palestine Studies in…
Adeeb Naser 87–86 dead at age 87
Adeeb Naser, a Palestinian poet, died on March 1, 2026. Born on 28 June 1939, he joined the American University in Cairo in 1959 and the American University of Beirut…
Leila Shahid Diplomat, anthropologist dead at age 76
Leila Shahid, a Palestinian diplomat and the first woman ambassador of Palestine, died on February 18, 2026. Born in Beirut in 1949, she represented the Palestine Liberation Organization in Ireland…
Mahmoud Al-Astal
Palestinian police chiefDied on Monday January 12th 2026
Mohammad Bakri
Palestinian film director (JeninDied on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Ahmed Zamzam
Palestinian military officerDied on Sunday December 14th 2025
Ra’ad Sa’ad
Palestinian Islamic militantDied on Saturday December 13th 2025
Yasser Abu Shabab
Palestinian militia leader (Popular Forces)Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Mahmoud Talal Abdullah
Palestinian prisonerDied on Sunday October 19th 2025
Mohammed Abu Ramadan
Palestinian politicianDied on Monday October 13th 2025
Saleh al-Jafarawi
Palestinian journalistDied on Sunday October 12th 2025
Zuhair Manasra
Palestinian politicianDied on Tuesday October 7th 2025
Abu Obaida
Palestinian Islamic militantDied on Sunday August 31st 2025
Muath Abu Taha
Palestinian journalistDied on Tuesday August 26th 2025
Hassan Douhan
Palestinian journalistDied on Tuesday August 26th 2025
Ahmed Abu Aziz
Palestinian journalistDied on Tuesday August 26th 2025
Mariam Dagga
Palestinian journalistDied on Tuesday August 26th 2025
Mohammed Salameh
Palestinian journalistDied on Tuesday August 26th 2025
Abdul Jawad Salih
Palestinian politicianDied on Tuesday August 26th 2025
Ahmad Abu Aziz
Palestinian journalistDied on Monday August 25th 2025
Mariam Abu Daqqa
Palestinian journalistDied on Monday August 25th 2025
Moaz Abu Taha
Palestinian journalistDied on Monday August 25th 2025
Hussam al-Masri
Palestinian journalistDied on Monday August 25th 2025
Mohammad Salama
Palestinian journalist and cameramanDied on Monday August 25th 2025
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Palestinian basketball player (national team)Died on Thursday August 21st 2025
Mohammed Shaalan
Palestinian basketball playerDied on Wednesday August 20th 2025
Marwa Muslim
Palestinian journalistDied on Saturday August 16th 2025
Mohammed al-Khaldi
Palestinian journalistDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Moamen Aliwa
Palestinian journalist and cameramanDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Mohammed Noufal
Palestinian journalist and cameramanDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Ibrahim Zaher
Palestinian journalist and cameramanDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Mohammed Qreiqeh
Palestinian cameramanDied on Monday August 11th 2025
Anas Al-Sharif
Palestinian journalistDied on Sunday August 10th 2025
Suleiman Obeid
Palestinian footballer (national team)Died on Wednesday August 6th 2025
Bayan Nuwayhed
Palestinian journalist and historianDied on Sunday July 13th 2025
Ismail Abu Hatab
Palestinian photo-journalist and film-makerDied on Tuesday July 1st 2025
Kamal Hanna Bathish
Palestinian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Wednesday June 25th 2025
As’ad Abu Shari’a
Palestinian military officerDied on Tuesday June 17th 2025
Ali Saeed Badwan
Palestinian writerDied on Monday June 2nd 2025
Walid Assaf
Palestinian politicianDied on Tuesday May 27th 2025
Mohammed Sinwar
Palestinian militantDied on Sunday May 18th 2025
Zakaria al-Agha
Palestinian politicianDied on Monday May 12th 2025
Fatima Hassouna
Palestinian photojournalistDied on Saturday April 26th 2025
Fatma Hassona
Palestinian photojournalistDied on Saturday April 19th 2025
Fatima Hassona
Palestinian photojournalistDied on Friday April 18th 2025
Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua
Palestinian militantDied on Thursday March 27th 2025
Hossam Shabat
Palestinian journalistDied on Tuesday March 25th 2025
Ismail Barhoum
Palestinian politicianDied on Monday March 24th 2025
Issam al-Da’alis
Palestinian politicianDied on Friday March 21st 2025
Abu Hamza
Palestinian militantDied on Tuesday March 18th 2025
Essam al-Da’alis
Palestinian politicianDied on Tuesday March 18th 2025
Ahmad Harb
Palestinian writer and academicDied on Sunday February 23rd 2025
Basil Nasr al-Kafarna
Palestinian politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Khaled Nabhan
Palestinian social media personalityDied on Thursday December 26th 2024
Mahmoud Almadhoun
Palestinian activistDied on Sunday December 1st 2024
Salwa Abu Khadra
Palestinian politicianDied on Saturday November 16th 2024
Feras Mousa Al-Sharkh
Palestinian basketball playerDied on Wednesday November 6th 2024
Rawhi Mushtaha
Palestinian militant and founding member of HamasDied on Wednesday October 23rd 2024
Muhammad Shabana
Palestinian militantDied on Friday October 18th 2024
Yahya Sinwar
Palestinian terrorist and politicianDied on Thursday October 17th 2024
Rashad Abu Sakhila
Palestinian actor and poetDied on Sunday September 8th 2024
Abu Shujaa
Palestinian militantDied on Friday August 30th 2024
Wissam Hazem
Palestinian militantDied on Friday August 30th 2024
Faruq al-Qaddumi
Palestinian politicianDied on Thursday August 22nd 2024
Samer al-Hajj
Palestinian security official (Hamas)Died on Saturday August 10th 2024
Wafa Jarrar
Palestinian prisonerDied on Monday August 5th 2024
Hassan Sami Youssef
Palestinian novelist and screenwriterDied on Friday August 2nd 2024
Ismail al-Ghoul
Palestinian journalistDied on Thursday August 1st 2024
Ismail Haniyeh
Palestinian politician (Hamas)Died on Wednesday July 31st 2024
Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara
Palestinian militantDied on Friday July 26th 2024
Ihab al-Ghussein
Palestinian politician (Hamas)Died on Sunday July 7th 2024
Majed Abu Maraheel
Palestinian Olympic long-distance runner (1996)Died on Wednesday June 12th 2024
Talal Abu Zarifa
Palestinian communist militant and politician (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine)Died on Monday May 13th 2024
Mohammed Jaber
Palestinian militantDied on Friday April 19th 2024
Walid Daqqa
Palestinian novelist and activistDied on Monday April 8th 2024
Marwan Issa
Palestinian Islamic militant (Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades)Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Mohammed Barakat
Palestinian footballer (national team)Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Fathi Ghaben
Palestinian painterDied on Monday February 26th 2024
Saleh al-Arouri
Palestinian Islamic militantDied on Tuesday January 2nd 2024
Bilal Abu Samaan
Palestinian athleteDied on Monday December 18th 2023
Samer Abu Daqqa
Palestinian video journalistDied on Saturday December 16th 2023
Refaat Alareer
Palestinian writerDied on Friday December 8th 2023
Sufian Tayeh
Palestinian scientistDied on Saturday December 2nd 2023
Sufyan Tayeh
Palestinian scientistDied on Saturday December 2nd 2023
Mohammad Moin Ayyash
Palestinian photojournalist (Gaza Now News Network)Died on Friday November 24th 2023
Mustafa Ayyash
Palestinian journalistDied on Friday November 24th 2023
Mansour Sari
Palestinian journalistDied on Monday November 20th 2023
Sari Mansour
Palestinian journalistDied on Sunday November 19th 2023
Khalil Athamna
Palestinian historian and authorDied on Saturday November 18th 2023
Ahmad Bahar
Palestinian politicianDied on Friday November 17th 2023
Hammam Alloh
Palestinian nephrologistDied on Thursday November 16th 2023