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'''Kamal Hussein Ghanaja''' (also known as '''Nizar Abu Mujahid''') was a mid-level military official of [[Hamas]] and a former aid to one of its slain external leaders [[Mahmoud al-Mabhouh]].<ref name="BBC">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18626026 Hamas member 'assassinated' in Syrian capital Damascus]. ''[[BBC News]]''. 2012-06-28.</ref><ref name="Reuters"/> Ghanaja was one of the few Hamas officials that continued to based in the city of [[Damascus]] after much of the [[Syria]]-based leadership there withdrew from the country as a result of the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. Following the mass departure, Ghanaja was left in charge of the groups organizational networks within Syria.<ref name="Reuters">Al-Mughrabi, Nidal. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-hamas-idUSBRE85R0BE20120628 Hamas says member killed in Damascus home]. ''[[Reuters]]''. 2012-06-28.</ref>

==Death==
On 28 June 2012, Hamas officials reported that Ghanaja was assassinated in his home in the suburb of [[Qudsaya]] outside Damascus.<ref name="BBC"/> Hamas sources stated his "charred, scarred, body was concealed in a ceiling closet and a fire had engulfed the house which apparently the assassins had started."<ref name="Reuters"/> They did not confirm who was behind the killing, although one official blamed the [[Mossad]], [[Israel]]'s external intelligence agency. [[Ehud Barak]], Israel's [[Defense Minister of Israel|Defense Minister]] responded the allegation was "not necessarily true.".<ref name="BBC"/> Aw week later Hamas officials claim that he was killed as a result of accident.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/report-hamas-official-in-damascus-was-killed-in-accident-not-assassination.premium-1.449302|title = Report: Hamas official in Damascus was killed in accident, not assassination|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref>

Another Hamas official discounted the conjecture that the Mossad was behind the killing because the Mossad is not brutal or reckless enough to kill him and dispose of the body in the way Ghanaja was by decapitation, placement of his severed body parts in a closet, and torching his apartment.<ref>Peri, Smadar. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4249043,00.html "Damascus hit 'too cruel for Mossad.'"] ''Ynetnews''. 29 June 2012. 29 June 2012.</ref> Meanwhile, Syrian opposition activists accused the government of [[Bashar al-Assad]] of killing Ghanaja as a warning to the group for abandoning support of the Syrian government during the uprising.

His funeral was held in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]] and was attended by his family.<ref name="Maan">[http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=499517 Funeral of assassinated Hamas leader to be held in Jordan]. ''[[Ma'an News Agency]]''. 2012-06-28.</ref> Hamas secretary-general [[Khaled Meshaal]] and [[Islamic Action Front]] leader Sheikh Hammam Said also attended the funeral.<ref>[http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=500251 Mashaal meets Jordan Brotherhood leaders amid election boycott]. ''[[Ma'an News Agency]]''. 2012-07-01.</ref>

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