Rafa Salama

Rafa Salama
Native name	رافع سلامة
Died	13 July 2024 Al-Mawasi, Gaza Strip
Cause of death	Assassination by Airstrike
Allegiance	Hamas
Years of service	1990s–2024
Commands	Head of Khan Yunis Brigade of Al-Qassam Brigades
Battles / wars	2006 Gaza cross-border raid 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Gaza war 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Siege of Khan Yunis

Hamas biographies
Yassin + Haniyeh Rantisi Mashal Sinwar + Issa Deif Deif Mabhouh Khan Yunis Beit Hanoun Jabalia
Map: Birthplaces and family origins.
Abbreviations p. parents from b. born in d. death
Leaders Party leader Ahmed Yassin (1987–2004) b. Al-Jura, d. 2004 Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (2004) b. Yibna, d. 2004 Khaled Mashal (2004–2017) b. Silwad Ismail Haniyeh (2017–2024) p. Al-Jura, b. Al-Shati, d. 2024 Yahya Sinwar (2024) p. Al‑Majal, b. Khan Yunis, d. 2024 Leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh (2007–2017) p. Al-Jura, b. Al-Shati, d. 2024 Yahya Sinwar (2017–2024) p. Al‑Majal, b. Khan Yunis, d. 2024 Deputy Leader Mousa Abu Marzook (1997–2013) p. Yibna, b. Rafah Ismail Haniyeh (2013–2017) p. Al-Jura, b. Al-Shati, d. 2024 Saleh al-Arouri (2017–2024) b. 'Arura, d. 2024 Khalil al-Hayya (2024–) b. Gaza City Military wing leader Mohammed Deif p. Al‑Qubayba, b. Khan Yunis, d. 2024
Politicians and officials Male politicians Basem Naim b. Beit Hanoun Head of International relations Previously: Health Minister Aziz Dweik Ali Baraka Mousa Abu Marzook Female politicians Jamila al-Shanti b. Jabalia, m. Widow of Rantisi, d. 2023 Minister for Women's Affairs Government officials in the Gaza Strip Faiq Al-Mabhouh p. Bayt Tima, b. Jabalia, d. 2024 Police and crisis management Ashraf al-Qedra Health Ministry spokesperson Officials in Lebanon Osama Hamdan Officials in Turkey Zaher Jabarin Alleged weapons dealers Mahmoud al-Mabhouh p. Bayt Tima b. Jabalia d. 2010
Al-Qassam Brigades Spokesperson: Abu Obaida Chief of staff: Mohammed Deif p. Kawkaba (near Kokhav Michael) and Al‑Qubayba, b. Khan Yunis Botched assassination in 2014 d. Unconfirmed in 2024 ICC arrest warrant Marwan Issa p. Al‑Majal b. Bureij refugee camp d. 2024 Yahya Sinwar d. 2024 (political leader KIA see above) Alleged "Nukhba" Ayman Nofal d. 2023 Ali Al Qadi Qassam commanders Ahmed Jabari Mahmoud Rushdi Ishtiwi Muhammad Abu Shamala Raed al Atar Engineers Yahya Ayyash Adnan al-Ghoul Martyrdom operatives Jafar Muna
Alphabetical list Imad Abbas Ismail Abu Shanab Imad al-Alami Saleh al-Arouri Salah al-Bardawil Essam al-Da'alis Muhammad Ismail Darwish Wissam Farhat Osama Hamdan Zaher Jabarin Khaled Mashal Rawhi Mushtaha Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi Muhammad Shabana Fatah Sharif Yahya Sinwar Sheikh Abu Salah Taha Ahmed Yassin Hassan Yousef Mahmoud al-Zahar Imad Abbas Emad Akel Raed al Atar Yahya Ayyash Abdullah Barghouti Mohammed Dababish Mohammed Deif Ahmed Ghandour Adnan al-Ghoul Hamza Abu al-Haija Walid Hamdiya Ibrahim Hamed Abu Omar Hassan Marwan Issa Ahmed Jabari Fursan Khalifa Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Tito Masoud Mohammed Sinwar Wa'el Nassar Ayman Nofal Ali Al Qadi Rafa Salama Samar Sabih Mohiyedine Sharif Salah Shehade Alaa Shreiteh Omar Abd al-Razaq Samir Abu Eisheh Muhammad Abu Tir Atef Adwan Jamal Akal Yunis Al Astal Nizar Awadallah Husam Badran Ahmad Bahar Ali Baraka Mohammad Barghouti Issa Batran Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh Abdul Fatah Dukhan Aziz Dweik Mazen Faqha Nidal Farahat Kamal Ghanaja Ibrahim Ghosheh Ihab al-Ghussein Samira Abdullah Halaykah Fathi Hamad Ghazi Hamad Ismail Haniyeh Abu Omar Hassan Khalil al-Hayya Ahmad Abu Holi Tawfik Jaber Abd al-Rahman al-Jamal Hadem Rida Jarrar Wasfi Kabha Ahmad Kurd Faiq Al-Mabhouh Ibrahim al-Makadmeh Yousef al-Mansi Mousa Abu Marzook Osama Mazini Basem Naim Umm Nidal Hatem Qafisha Nayef Rajoub Nizar Rayan Reem Riyashi Muhammad Sawalha Said Seyam Nasser al-Shaer Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti Amal Syam Khaled Tafesh Ayman Taha Mohammad Taha Sheikh Abu Salah Taha Raad Thabet Adly Yaish Ahmed Yousef Hassan Yousef Mosab Hassan Yousef Mahmoud al-Zahar Mahmoud Khalil Zakzuk Wael Al Zard Ziad Al-Zaza Sami Abu Zuhri Mohamed Zouari Dissident faction Qawasameh tribe

Rafa Salama (Arabic: رافع سلامة; died 13 July 2024) was a Palestinian militant and the head of the Khan Yunis branch of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. He was killed by the Israeli military in an airstrike on Al-Mawasi refugee camp on 13 July 2024, during the Gaza war.