Husam Badran (born January 11, 1966)[1] is the former leader of Hamas’s military wing in the northern West Bank. He was the orchestrator of several suicide bombings during the Second Intifada with the highest number of fatalities including the 2001 bombing which resulted in the Dolphinarium discotheque massacre in Tel Aviv which killed 21 people.[2] Currently Badran serves as the international spokesperson for Hamas using Twitter,[1] Facebook, and news media to encourage Hamas militants to commit acts of political violence against Israelis and the Israeli government.[3] He lives in Doha, Qatar.[citation needed]
Badran is originally from Nablus, in the West Bank.[4]
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- ^ "Hamas Spokesman's Facebook page has been blocked". Behind The News. 17 October 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Israel: Israel: ill-treatment and torture to which Palestinian detainees have been subjected in Israeli detention centres / May 16, 2002 / Urgent Interventions / Urgent campaigns / OMCT". omct.org. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.