Arafat al-Hamadeen (Jihadi Militant, Egypt)

• Full name: Arafat Ouda Ali al-Hamadeen
• Pseudonym: N/a
• Alternatives: N/a
• Location: Sinai
• Affiliation: Assembly of Monotheism and Jihad in the Sinai [JTJS]

Arafat al-Hamadeen (°ca 1977) was a key member of the Assembly of Monotheism and Jihad in the Sinai [JTJS; Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad fi-Sina’a]. As senior cadres of the JTJS got killed or captured in 2004 and 2005, he rose through the ranks to become the group’s second-in-command by early 2006.¹ Hamadeen reportedly helped oversee preparations for the Apr. 24, 2006 bombings in Dahab.² He was also linked to the failed bomb attack against peacekeepers two days later. Hamadeen died on May 22, 2006 when he accidently blew himself up while trying to hurl a bomb at security forces who raided his hideout in Rafah.³