Salah al-Bardawil (Arabic: صلاح البردويل, 1959 – March 2025) was a senior member of Hamas' political bureau and a spokesperson for the Palestinian Islamist organization until 2025. He also served as a member at the Palestinian Legislative Council representing Hamas from 2006 to 2018 until the parliament was dissolved.
Al-Bardawil was often quoted in Western media as a source for the views and pronouncements of Hamas. In March 2018 he told Quds News Network that Hamas was prepared to enter into dialogue with the United States. This statement angered the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah, who believe Hamas wants to be seen as the main representative of Palestinians. Bardawil had previously stated in 2017 that Palestinian reconciliation efforts were failing due to U.S. pressure.
Following the decision by the United States to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the killings of Palestinian protesters that followed in May 2018, Bardawil was quoted by numerous sources as stating that 50 out of 62 people killed by IDF soldiers had been Hamas members. This followed a statement from Israeli forces that 50 out of the 62 Palestinians killed during protests on the Gaza border were activists, and a statement from Islamic Jihad that three of the 62 deaths were members of its military wing.
Al-Bardawil and his wife were killed in an Israeli airstrike on his tent west of Khan Yunis in March 2025.
🔴 Salah Bardawil, mkuu wa ofisi ya mipango na maendeleo ya Hamas, aliondolewa kusini mwa Gaza. Bardawil aliwahi kuwa gaidi mkuu katika ofisi ya kisiasa ya Hamas, na kama sehemu ya jukumu lake, aliongoza mipango ya kimkakati na kijeshi ya Hamas. Leo hii ameingia kwenye 18 za majeshi ya Israel na...
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