Fouad Abu Butihan

Fouad Ali Suleiman Abu Butihan was a Palestinian government official and the Hamas-government-appointed head of the Border and Crossing Authority in Gaza.

Biography

Butihan was a major general and had previously served as colonel and Director General for the Palestinian Directorate of Rehabilitation and Reform. He was killed at his residence in the Nuseirat refugee camp in an airstrike during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. At the time of his death, Butihan was the Hamas-appointed head of the Border and Crossing Authority in Gaza.
According to Hamas, Butihan had spent time in Israel prisons for his involvement in armed activity against Israel.