Native name الشيخ أبو صلاح طه Organization Hamas in Syria Nationality Palestinian Name Sheikh Salah | Ethnicity Arab Home town Gaza City Years active 2014-15 | |
Cause of death Beheading by Islamic State militants Died April 4, 2015, Yarmouk Camp, Syria Opponents Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | ||
Sheikh Abu Salah Taha (Arabic: الشيخ صلاح أبو طه) was the former leader of Hamas' (the ruling Islamist militant and political party in the Gaza Strip) Syrian affiliate, known as "Hamas in Syria". The offshoot group "Hamas in Syria" is mainly based in Yarmouk Camp, a camp principally designated for Palestinian refugees located in south-western Syria, near Damascus.
Sheikh Abu Salah Taha was eliminated by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on April 4, 2015, during the Battle of Yarmouk Camp, along with other key Palestinian figures in the area. A video released by ISIL emerged a couple of hours following the event, in which Sheikh was beheaded, and his head spiked on a wooden pole.
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