Abdul Fatah Dukhan

Abdul Fatah Hasan Dukhan (; 1936 – 11 October 2023), also known as Abu Osama, was a Palestinian politician, militant and a co-founder of Hamas. He was the leading figure in the drafting of the Hamas Charter in 1987.

Early life Abdul Fatah Hasan Dukhan was born in 1936 and was from Iraq Suwaydan in Mandatory Palestine. In 1948, he was forced to move to Nuseirat Camp in Gaza. He finished his school at an UNRWA school in Gaza and graduated from Cairo University, majoring in geography. He later went back to Gaza and became a teacher at an UNRWA school. Dukhan later became a school principal in the Nuseirat Camp.

Political career Dukhan participated in the 9 December 1987 meeting of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza, also attended by Sheikh Yassin, Salah Shehade, Yahya Sinwar and other Hamas co-founders, where Hamas's charter was written, the movement's name was coined, and Hamas was established in Gaza.

By 2022, Dukhan was the oldest member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.

Death Dukkan was reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat on 10 October 2023 during the Gaza war.