Issam al-Da'alis

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Issam al-Da'alis

| native_name = {{nobold|عصام الدعاليس}}

| office = Head of the Government Administrative Committee

| term_start = 14 June 2021

| term_end = 18 March 2025

| predecessor = Mohammed Awad

| successor = Community Support Committee{{cite web|url= https://www.alaraby.com/news/يوم-دام-جديد-في-غزة-ماذا-قالت-حماس-عن-لجنة-الإسناد-المجتمعي?amp | title= يوم دام جديد في غزة.. ماذا قالت حماس عن لجنة الإسناد المجتمعي؟ | date= 24 March 2025|work = alaraby}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1966|10|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Egypt (present-day Jabalia refugee camp, Palestine)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|03|18|1966|10|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Gaza Strip, Palestine

| death_cause = Israeli Airstrike

| party = Hamas

| native_name_lang = ar

}}

Issam al-Da'alis ({{Langx|ar|عصام الدعاليس|translit=Issam Al-Da'alis}}, 30 October 1966 – 18 March 2025), also spelled Daalis or Dalis, was a Palestinian politician who served as the head of the Government Administrative Committee of the Gaza Strip,{{Cite web |title=With the need to hold student council elections in the forefront, ICHR delegation meets with Gaza officials and discusses human rights issues |url=https://www.ichr.ps/en/category-1/7508.html |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=The Independent Commission For Human Rights |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=19 December 2022 |work=Middle East Monitor |title=Palestinians establish cornea bank in Gaza |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221219-palestinians-establish-cornea-bank-in-gaza/}}{{Cite web |title=LIVE UPDATES: Day Two of Operation Aqsa Typhoon, ongoing Israeli Occupation aggression in Gaza |url=https://en.royanews.tv/news/45026/2023-10-08 |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=en.royanews.tv |language=en}} a position comparable to that of prime minister or head of government.{{Cite web |work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine |title=Foreign Affairs Bureau Wishes the Government Work Head a Happy Eid-ul-Fitr |url=https://www.mofa.ps/en/news-2/2626/ |access-date=29 October 2023 }}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}} He was assassinated by Israel during the 18 March 2025 attacks.

Biography

Al-Daalis was born in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1966. He worked in various roles for UNRWA, including assistant director, member of its employee union, and head of its teachers' department. Between 2012 and 2014, al-Daalis was an advisor to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. He was a member of the Hamas Shura Council from 2009 to 2013, leading the group's financial and economic department. He was deputy head of Hamas's political movement from 2012 to 2020. In March 2020, al-Daalis was elected to Hamas' Political Bureau in the Gaza Strip and became head of its media department.{{cite news |title=قيادات حكومية اغتالتها إسرائيل بعد استئناف العدوان على غزة |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/encyclopedia/2025/3/18/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=Al Jazeera |date=2025-03-18}}{{Cite web |date=22 October 2023 |title=Essam al-Dalis |url=https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/essam-al-dalis/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=ECFR |language=en-GB}}

In June 2021, al-Daalis left his position in the Hamas Political Bureau after the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elected al-Da'alis as the head of the Government Administrative Committee of the Gaza Strip.{{cite news |author1=Khaled Abu Toameh |date=14 June 2021 |title=Palestinian Authority: This is not a gov't of change |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/palestinian-authority-this-is-not-a-govt-of-change-670937 |access-date=30 October 2023 |work=Jerusalem Post}} Despite performing, from 2021 up until the beginning of the Gaza war, day-to-day work in the Gaza Strip akin to that of a head of government, al-Da'alis, in contrast to most other Hamas's leaders, had not been the target of Western sanctions.{{Cite news |date=24 October 2023 |title=Hamas Faces Few Sanctions for a Group Called Terrorist by the US |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/slim-roster-of-hamas-sanctions-reflects-challenge-five-charts |access-date=29 October 2023}}

Al-Da'alis was reported to have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on 23 July 2024,{{cite web |url=https://aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/5046458-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%80%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%80%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3 |accessdate=5 February 2025 |work=Asharq Al-Awsat |date=2 August 2024 |title=مصادر لـ"الشرق الأوسط": مقتل اثنين من أعضاء المكتب السياسي لـ"حماس" و3 قادة عسكريين في غارة بغزة}} but his death was not confirmed by Hamas. He was assassinated during the 18 March 2025 attacks, at the age of 58. Hamas confirmed his death.{{cite web |last=Yohanan |first=Nurit |date=18 March 2025 |title=Hamas names 4 senior officials killed in wave of IDF strikes on Gaza |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-names-4-senior-officials-killed-in-wave-of-idf-strikes-on-gaza/ |accessdate=18 March 2025 |work=The Times of Israel}}