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{{Short description|Palestinian political leader (1966–2023)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Osama Mazini
| native_name = {{nobold|أسامة مزيني}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| image = Osama Mazini (1966–2023).jpg
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1966}}
| birth_place = [[Gaza City]], [[Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip]]
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2023|10|16|57|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Gaza Strip]], Palestine
| occupation = politician
| party = [[Hamas]]
| office = [[Education Minister of the Gaza Strip]]
| term_start = 2007
| term_end = 2014
| primeminister = [[Ismail Haniyeh]]
}}
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'''Osama Mazini''' ({{langx|ar|أسامة مزيني}}; 1966 – 16 October 2023) was a Palestinian senior political leader of the Palestinian political and military organization [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-01-01-israel-palestinians-thursday_N.htm Airstrikes rock Gaza as truce remains elusive] [[USA Today]].</ref>

Mazini was in charge of negotiation affairs dealing with captured [[Israel]]i soldier [[Gilad Shalit]].<ref>[http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=13069 Hamas leader: mediation has ended with no deal in the case of the Israeli soldier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725131918/http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=13069 |date=25 July 2011 }} [[Ma'an News Agency]]. 11 December 2006.</ref>

In a 2006 sermon, he criticized [[Pope Benedict XVI]] over the latter's remarks on [[Islam]], saying that the [[pontiff]] was "ignorant and stupid", "criminal and arrogant", and "a cruel man, spilling blood, who strove to kill".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marcus |first1=Itamar |last2=Crook |first2=Barbara |title=Hamas: Pope is Nazi, arrogant, stupid and criminal; Allah will punish Pope in due time |url=http://pmw.org.il:80/bulletins_sept2006.htm |work=Palestinian Media Watch |date=25 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220211613/http://pmw.org.il:80/bulletins_sept2006.htm |archive-date=20 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Nazi Pope |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2006/09/the-nazi-pope/233298/ |work=The Atlantic |date=25 September 2006 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155158/https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2006/09/the-nazi-pope/233298/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

During [[December 2008 Gaza Strip airstrikes|Israel's airstrikes in the Gaza Strip]] during the [[Gaza War (2008–2009)|Gaza War]] in December 2008, Mazini warned Israel about sending in ground forces, stating "the people of Gaza are waiting to see the [[Zionism|Zionist]] enemy in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] to tear them into pieces of flesh."<ref>Barzak, Ibrahim. [http://www.wtop.com/?nid=105&pid=0&sid=1479197&page=2 Israel demands monitors as part of a Gaza truce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611223042/http://www.wtop.com/?nid=105&pid=0&sid=1479197&page=2 |date=11 June 2011 }} [[Associated Press]]. 31 December 2008.</ref>

Mazini was killed in an [[airstrike]] conducted by the [[Israeli Air Force]] on 16 October 2023 during the [[Gaza war]]. He was 57.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hamas Hostage Negotiator Killed, Israel Says |url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-palestinians/card/hamas-hostage-negotiator-killed-israel-says-bvPAqt90sBTIXUSQ4Y3H |work=The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016224639/https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-palestinians/card/hamas-hostage-negotiator-killed-israel-says-bvPAqt90sBTIXUSQ4Y3H |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Top Hamas official who handled Shalit file eliminated |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/378626 |work=Arutz Sheva |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017201312/https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/378626 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Halabi |first1=Einav |title=Member of Hamas political bureau, Osama al-Mazini, killed |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syyjvmo11t |work=Ynetnews |date=16 October 2023 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017152028/https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syyjvmo11t |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IDF says it killed former senior Hamas official who was in charge of Gilad Shalit prisoner file |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-it-killed-former-senior-hamas-official-who-was-in-charge-of-gilad-shalit-prisoner-file/ |work=Times of Israel |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016222738/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-it-killed-former-senior-hamas-official-who-was-in-charge-of-gilad-shalit-prisoner-file/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IDF assassinates Hamas leader linked to Gilad Shalit prisoner swap |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-768719 |work=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |date=17 October 2023 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016221036/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-768719 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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[[Category:1966 births]]
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[[Category:Hamas members]]
[[Category:Military personnel killed in the Israel–Hamas war]]
[[Category:People killed by Israeli security forces]]
[[Category:Deaths by Israeli airstrikes during the Israel–Hamas war]]
[[Category:Assassinated Hamas members]]
[[Category:Palestinian politicians]]
[[Category:People from Gaza City]]

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