Fouad Abu Butihan

Palestinian politician (1969–2023)

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Fouad Abu Butihan
فؤاد علي سليمان أبو بطيحان

Personal details
Born	Fouad Ali Suleiman Abu Butihan (1969-03-07)7 March 1969 State of Palestine
Died	17 October 2023(2023-10-17) (aged 54) Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip
Political party	Hamas
Military service
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Israel–Hamas war

Fouad Ali Suleiman Abu Butihan (Arabic: فؤاد علي سليمان أبو بطيحان; 7 March 1969 – 17 October 2023) was a Palestinian government official and the Hamas-government-appointed head of the Border and Crossing Authority in Gaza.

Biography

Butihan was a major general and had previously served as colonel and Director General for the Palestinian Directorate of Rehabilitation and Reform.^[1]^[2] He was killed at his residence in the Nuseirat refugee camp^[3] in an airstrike during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.^[4]^[5] At the time of his death, Butihan was the Hamas-appointed head of the Border and Crossing Authority in Gaza.^[6]^[2]

According to Hamas, Butihan had spent time in Israel prisons for his involvement in armed activity against Israel.^[7]

References

^ "خلوةٌ شرعية في سجن غزة المركزي". اذاعة صوت الأقصى (in Arabic). 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "العمل الحكومي تنعى اللواء أبو بطيحان الإعلام الحكومي". media.gov.ps. 17 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "استشهاد مدير الهيئة العامة للمعابر والحدود اللواء فؤاد أبو بطيحان وعدد من أقاربه في قصف للطائرات الحربية الصهيونية لمنزله في مخيم النصيرات وسط القطاع". almanar.com.lb. 17 October 2023. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ ""حماس" تؤكد مقتل 3 قياديين في قصف إسرائيلي على غزة". aawsat.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ الفلسطينية, وكالة الرأي; atyaf.co. ""العمل الحكومي" تنعى اللواء الشهيد فؤاد أبو بطيحان". alray.ps (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Hamas-appointed head of crossings in Gaza killed in Israeli air strike - Hamas radio". Reuters. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
^ "Palestinian border chief killed in Israeli attack". Middle East Eye. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

Israel–Hamas war

Engage-
ments

Hamas-led
attack on Israel

Attacks on civilians	Netiv HaAsara Alumim Be'eri Elhanan Team Holit Kfar Aza Kissufim Nir Oz Nir Yitzhak Nahal Oz Nirim Nova music festival Psyduck music festival
Battles	Re'im Sderot Sufa Zikim Israeli female tank crew fight
General topics	Allegations of genocide Allegations of involvement of UNRWA employees Denial Sexual and gender-based violence Screams Before Silence

Israeli invasion
of Gaza

Attacks on refugee camps	Jabalia 31 October Al-Shati Al-Maghazi Tel al-Sultan massacre Al-Mawasi
Attacks on schools	Al-Maghazi Al-Fakhoora Al-Falah Shadia Abu Ghazala School
Attacks on health facilities	Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion Al-Shifa Hospital siege alleged military use ambulance airstrike Gaza Strip mass graves Kamal Adwan Hospital siege Killing of health workers Nasser Hospital siege Nasser Hospital mass graves
Other attacks	Airstrikes on municipal services in Gaza Church of Saint Porphyrius Engineer's Building strike and massacre Flour massacre Palestinians evacuating Gaza City World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack
General topics	AI-assisted targeting Bombing of the Gaza Strip Destruction of cultural heritage during the 2023 Israeli invasion of Gaza Environmental damage in the Gaza Strip caused by the Israel–Hamas war Gaza genocide allegations Torture

Other theaters

Israel–Lebanon border clashes
- Attacks on journalists
Israeli incursions in the West Bank
- Killing of Benjamin Achimeir
- April 2024 Israeli settler rampages
Givat Shaul shooting
Tower 22 drone attack

Iran–Israel conflict	Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus Iranian strikes in Israel Israeli strikes on Iran
Red Sea crisis	Operation Prosperity Guardian Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou 2024 missile strikes in Yemen Marlin Luanda missile strike

Hostage
crisis

Hostages	Noa Argamani Bibas family Alex Dancyg Oded Lifshitz Hersh Goldberg-Polin Naama Levy
Rescued hostages	Operation Golden Hand Ori Megidish
Released hostages	Rachel Edry Yarden Roman-Gat Mia Schem
Deceased hostages	Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka

General
topics

Historical context	Arab–Israeli conflict Blockade of the Gaza Strip Palestinian freedom of movement Israel and apartheid Children Gaza–Israel conflict Casualties of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip Human shields Israeli settlement Israeli outpost Israeli settler violence Israeli disengagement from Gaza Palestinian rocket attacks Palestinian tunnel warfare anti-tunnel barrier Women

Effects

Reactions

Discrimination	Antisemitism Riots in the North Caucasus Anti-Palestinianism Islamophobia Violent incidents Killing of Wadea al-Fayoume Death of Paul Kessler Vermont student shooting Zürich stabbing attack University of Texas at Austin stabbing
Protests	University campuses Columbia Sciences Po UCLA France March for the Republic and Against Antisemitism Indonesia 2023 Bitung clashes Israel United Kingdom United States Artists4Ceasefire DNC protests March on Washington for Gaza March for Israel National March on Washington: Free Palestine Protest votes Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
UN resolutions	A/RES/ES-10/21 S/RES/2712 A/RES/ES-10/22 S/RES/2720 S/RES/2728
UN inquiry	Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Global courts	South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention) Nicaragua v. Germany Legal Consequences of Israeli Policies and Practices Arrest warrants
Courts	Defense for Children International-Palestine v. Biden

Casualties

Israel

Security forces	Alim Abdallah Yitzhak Ben-Bashat Jayar Davidov Eli Ginsberg Salman Habaka Asaf Hamami Yitzhar Hofman Roi Levy Izhar Peled Yonatan Steinberg
Civilians	Lior Asulin Yuval Castleman Hayim Katsman Ofir Libstein Shani Louk Aner Shapira Vivian Silver Yahav Winner

Palestine

Hamas	Saleh al-Arouri Abdul Fatah Dukhan Mohammed Dababish Wissam Farhat Ahmed Ghandour Marwan Issa Fursan Khalifa Osama Mazini Ayman Nofal Jamila al-Shanti Ali Al Qadi Alaa Shreiteh [ar]
Other militants	Fouad Abu Butihan Jihad Shehadeh
Civilians	Tawfic Abdel Jabbar Refaat Alareer Hammam Alloh Nahida and Samar Anton Yazan al-Kafarneh Ibrahim al-Astal Ahmad Bahar Mohammed Barakat Rashid Dabour [ar] Mohamed al-Dalou Awni El-Dous Omar Ferwana Hiba Abu Nada Ibrahim Qusaya Hind Rajab Mohammed Shabir Omar Abu Shawish Sufian Tayeh Wael Al Zard

Spillover

Journalists

General topics

Friendly fire

Related
people

Israelis	Nimrod Aloni Rachel Goldberg-Polin Eitan Okun Yagel Oshri Inbal Rabin-Lieberman Amir Tibon
Palestinians	Wael Al-Dahdouh Plestia Alaqad Motaz Azaiza Bisan Owda Mustafa Moien Ayyash