Jamila al-Shanti | |
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| جميلة الشنطي | |
 Al-Shantic. 2021 | |
| Member of thePalestinian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 2006 | |
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| Born | Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti (1955-03-15)15 March 1955 Jabalia refugee camp,Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Died | 19 October 2023(2023-10-19) (aged 68) Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Cause of death | Bombing |
| Political party | Hamas |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Palestine |
Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti (Arabic:جميلة عبد الله طه الشنطي; 15 March 1955 – 19 October 2023) was a Palestinian politician and seniorHamas official. Married to Hamas co-founderAbdel Aziz al-Rantisi, she was elected to thePalestinian Legislative Council in 2006 and to theHamas Political Bureau in 2021, the first women elected to that body. She was killed in anIsraeli strike during theGaza war.
Al-Shanti was born on 15 March 1955 to aPalestinian refugee family in theJabalia refugee camp.[1] She held aPhD in English.[1][2]
Al-Shanti was a member ofHamas and was the founder of the group's women's division.[3] On 3 November 2006, she led an unarmed women's march that succeeded in breaking an Israeli siege on a mosque in the town ofBeit Hanoun.[4] The Israeli military opened fire on the group,describing them as "human shields", one was killed and ten were wounded.[5]
In the2006 Palestinian legislative election, she was the third candidate on the Hamas-led "Change and Reform" electoral list.[2] She was the most senior woman among Hamas deputies elected in 2006 and became minister in 2011.[1][3]
In 2021, al-Shanti was elected as one of 15 members of theHamas Political Bureau, the group's highest decision-making body.[6][7] She was the first woman ever to hold such a position in Hamas.[7][8]
Al-Shanti was married toAbd al-Aziz al-Rantisi, co-founder of Hamas, who was killed by Israel in 2004.[1][8] In 2006, she claimed that anIsraeli airstrike aimed at her had instead killed her sister-in-law and over a dozen other people.[9] International media confirmed that there had been an airstrike on al-Shanti's home and that it killed Nahla Shanti and Abdel Majid Ghirbawi.[10]
She taught at theIslamic University in Gaza until 2006.[2]
On 19 October 2023, during theGaza war, al-Shanti was killed in anIsraeli airstrike on her home in the Gaza Strip.[4]France 24 listed her as one of the "key figures on Israel's hit list" after theOctober 7 attack on Israel.[11]
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