Ibrahim Hamed

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Ibrahim Hamed (إبراهيم حامد) is a Hamas military commander in the West Bank who ordered suicide bombing attacks during the Second Intifada[1] which he claimed is due to Israeli attacks on Palestinians until he was apprehended by Israeli YAMAM unit on 23 May 2006.

[1] Ibrahim Hamed is serving 45 life sentences in Israeli prison for orchestrating many suicide attacks in Israel that killed dozens of civilians.

[3] It appears that Hamed was interned under consecutive 6-month administrative detention orders by the Israeli government.

Israel tried Hamed in military court, and on 27 June 2012 he was convicted of killing 46 people.

[4] In January 2025, the release of Hamed was agreed upon as part of a three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire, aimed at securing the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas.