Deaths from Palestine

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 de guerre Abu Suhaib, he was born in Gaza in…

May 15, 2026

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 for Al Jazeera. Born in 1986 in the Al-Bureij refugee… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026

April 8, 2026

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 March 21, 1942, and received his schooling in Madinah before… · Egypt · 20 March 2026 · March 2026

March 20, 2026

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 war, which began on October 3, 2025. No further details… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026

March 17, 2026

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 as a news reporter and presenter for the Jordan Radio… · Britain · 15 March 2026 · March 2026

March 15, 2026

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 held the transport and communications portfolio from 2015 to 2019… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026

March 15, 2026

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 Beirut in December 1963, serving as its general secretary until… · America · Britain · Israel · 08 March 2026 · March 2026

March 8, 2026

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 in 1965. He worked in radio in Ramallah, Amman, Cairo,… · 01 March 2026 · March 2026

March 1, 2026

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 in 1989 and in the Netherlands in 1990. She later… · 18 February 2026 · February 2026

February 18, 2026