Ramadan Shalah
Picture of Ramadan Shalah
Ramadan Abdullah Mohammed Shalah (1 January 1958 – 6 June 2020) was a Palestinian militant. He was the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) between 27 October 1995 and 2018. PIJ has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United States,[1] the European Union,[2] the United Kingdom,[3] Japan,[4] Canada,[5] Australia,[6] New Zealand[7][8] and Israel.
In 2006, he was placed on the United States FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list.
In April 2018, Shalah suffered a many strokes. He died on 6 June 2020 in Lebanon from heart surgery-related problems, aged 62.[9]
References
- ↑ US – Office of Counterterrorism
- ↑ List of organisations recognized as terrorist groups. europa.eu. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ Terrorism Act 2000 (2000).
- ↑ MoFA Japan. mofa.go.jp. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ Public safety Canada Archived 19 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Palestinian Islamic JihadAustralian National Security. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ Lists associated with Resolution 1373 (20 July 2014)New Zealand Police. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ↑ STATEMENT OF CASE TO RENEW THE DESIGNATION OF PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD (PIJ) AS A TERRORIST ENTITY Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, 2013
- ↑ Former chief of Palestinian Islamic Jihad dies — report. The Times of Israel.