Ibrahim Ghosheh

Ibrahim Ghosheh (; 1936–2021) was a Palestinian civil engineer. He was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and joined the Hamas in 1989. He served as the latter's spokesperson between 1992 and 1999.

Early life and education Ghosheh was born in the Saadia neighborhood of Jerusalem on 26 November 1936. He was a graduate of the Rashidiya School in Jerusalem. His family had to leave Jerusalem during the Nakba in 1948, and they settled in Jericho. Ghosheh was elected as the head of the Muslim Brotherhood faction in the Jordanian Engineers Association in 1973. While serving in these posts Ghosheh also acted as the envoy of Hamas to Tunisia, Syria and other Arab countries. He was arrested by the Jordanian security forces and detained for a short time in 1997. They were detained on the charge of being members of the illegal group, namely Hamas. Later Mashal and Ghosheh were also charged with possessing weapons and raising funds for Hamas.

Ghosheh, Mashal and Khater were deported to Qatar on 22 November 1999. Ghosheh could return to Jordan in the summer of 2001 on the condition that he stopped his political connections with Hamas within Jordan. He was among the critics of the military activity of the Muslim Brotherhood. It was the first autobiography of a Hamas leader who was residing abroad. The book was translated into English in 2013.

Death Ghosheh died in Amman on 26 August 2021 at age 84. Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Mashal, attended his funeral ceremony with the permission of the Jordanian King Abdullah.