Raed Al Karmi

Raed Al Karmi (died 14 January 2002) was a leading member of Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. He was reportedly responsible for the killing of two Israeli settlers in Tulkarem in 2001. Israel also accused him of being involved in the death of eight other Israelis.

Al Karmi was the target of missiles by Israeli forces in September 2001 but survived the attack. However, two people he was riding with were killed. Karmi was assassinated by Israel in Tulkarem on 14 January 2002 in a bombing near his home.

Following the assassination of Al Karmi, Fatah restarted the suicide bombings, which had been stopped since 11 September 2001. Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, attempted to dissolve the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades to end these attacks, but Arafat's initiative was not supported and did not materialize. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the Israeli defense minister at the time, claimed to have warned the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that if they killed Al Karmi, it would end the ceasefire. However, Sharon insisted that Al Karmi should be eliminated as soon as possible.

A street in his hometown, Tulkarem, was named after him in 2015.