In 2007, al-Ghoul was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council for the Change and Reform bloc, representing the Gaza Governorate, receiving greater than 71,000 votes.
A Hamas official and Palestinian Legislative Council member, Muhammad Faraj al-Ghoul, was killed in an Israeli airstrike that focused his dwelling within the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday morning, the Palestinian Resistance motion introduced.
In an announcement, Hamas stated it mourned “the nationwide chief, member of the Legislative Council and head of its Authorized Committee, Muhammad Faraj al-Ghoul, who was martyred in a Zionist assassination that focused him this morning whereas he was advocating for and serving his folks and their trigger.”
🚨BREAKING: Palestinian politician Faraj Al-Ghoul, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), was killed in an Israeli airstrike focusing on a home in Gaza Metropolis. pic.twitter.com/E95SnfYi5S
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) July 15, 2025
The assertion, cited by Al Jazeera Arabic, famous that al-Ghoul beforehand served as Minister of Justice within the authorities of the motion’s former assassinated political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, between 2007 and 2012.
The motion stated al-Ghoul’s “martyrdom is a loss for Palestine, the resistance undertaking, and Hamas,” and described him as “a dedicated scholar, a politician steadfast in his ideas and positions, and a steadfast resister who carried the burden of his trigger since his youth.”
Al-Ghoul was subjected to repeated arrests by the Israeli occupation military “however by no means wavered”, Hamas stated, noting that he was identified in “the arenas of advocacy and reform, the place he was an eloquent orator and a smart information.”
Hamas affirmed that “the blood of martyrs won’t be in useless, and this crime will solely strengthen their resolve for resistance till liberation and return.”
Authorities Portfolios
Born within the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah in 1957, al-Ghoul studied regulation at Cairo College and later earned a grasp’s diploma in worldwide regulation and human rights from the American College of Beirut, in line with Al Jazeera.
This morning, Israel assassinated Palestinian MP Faraj Al-Ghoul in an airstrike in Gaza. Who’s Faraj Al-Ghoul? pic.twitter.com/HmgbZRDaCK
— Quds Information Community (@QudsNen) July 15, 2025
Al-Ghoul has held a number of positions within the governments shaped by Hamas since its victory within the democratic legislative elections in January 2006. In 2007, he was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) for the Change and Reform bloc, representing the Gaza Governorate, receiving greater than 71,000 votes. He additionally chaired the Council’s Authorized Committee.
Al-Ghoul participated in drafting a number of items of laws, along with taking part in authorized and parliamentary conferences and occasions on the native and worldwide ranges.
Prisoners’ Rights Advocate
A outstanding advocate for prisoners’ rights, he served as Minister of Prisoners and Freed Prisoners, then Minister of Justice within the Hamas authorities shaped by Haniyeh. Al-Ghoul additionally chaired the federal government committee charged with following up on the suggestions of the report of the United Nations fact-finding mission shaped in 2009 to analyze the battle in Gaza.
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As well as, he was the founding father of Dar al-Haqq wa al-Qanun for Human Rights and ran a regulation agency in Gaza.
Al-Ghoul was an in depth affiliate of Hamas’ founder, the assassinated Ahmed Yassin, in line with Palestinian sources cited by Al Jazeera Arabic.
Ongoing Genocidal Assault
Since Israel’s reneging on the ceasefire on March 18, it has killed and wounded hundreds of Palestinians all through the Gaza Strip via a bloody and ongoing aerial bombardment.
On October 7, 2023, following a Palestinian Resistance operation in southern Israel, the Israeli army launched a genocidal conflict in opposition to the Palestinians, killing over 57,000, wounding greater than 137,000, with over 14,000 nonetheless lacking.
No less than 11 Palestinians had been killed on Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes focusing on numerous areas throughout the Gaza Strip, because the genocidal conflict waged by Israel, with US help, continues unabated for the 648th day.
The Emergency and Ambulance Service reported that 5 Palestinians… pic.twitter.com/ZfzwBKlkjn
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 15, 2025
Regardless of ordinary condemnation by many nations world wide of the Israeli genocide, little has been finished to carry Israel accountable.
Israel is at the moment beneath investigation for the crime of genocide by the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice, whereas accused conflict criminals — together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — at the moment are formally needed by the Worldwide Felony Courtroom.
The Israeli genocide has been largely defended, supported, and financed by Washington and some different Western powers.
(PC, AJA)