Hasan Salama

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Hasan Salama
Hasan Salama

Hasan Salama or Hassan Salameh (Arabic: حسن سلامة‎, transliteration: Ḥāsān Salāmah) (???? - 1948) was a commander of the Palestinian Holy War Army (Jaysh al-Jihad al-Muqaddas, Arabic: جيش الجهاد المقدس) in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War along with Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni. He was born in Qula, near Lydda.

Salama was a member of the Palestine Arab Party.

At the meeting held in Damascus on 5 February, 1948, to organize the Palestinian Field Commands, Salama was allocated the Lydda district (Levenberg, 1993, p. 198).

Salama was killed in the battle of Ras al-Ein on 2 June, 1948. He was the father of Ali Hassan Salameh.

[edit] References

  • Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945-1948. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-3439-5
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