# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/husam-badran
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:04.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/husam-badran"
name: "Husam Badran"
slug: "husam-badran"
description: "Husam Badran is the former leader of Hamas’s military wing in the northern West Bank. He was the orchestrator of several suicide bombings during the Second Intifada with the highest number of fatalities including the 2001 bombing which resulted in the Dolphinarium discotheque massacre in Tel Aviv which killed 21 people. Currently Badran serves as the international spokesperson for Hamas using Twitter, Facebook, and news media to encourage Hamas militants to commit acts of political violence against Israelis and the Israeli government. He lives in Doha, Qatar."
tagline: "Former leader of Hamas"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Husam_Badran_LQ_2019.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.65
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.534850666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "حوسام بەدران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "حسام عاطف بدران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husam_Badran"
    title: "Husam Badran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "חוסאם בדראן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husam_Badran"
    title: "Husam Badran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "حسام بدران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6720442"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump