Musa Akkari

Musa Akkari is Hamas’s representative in Turkey and one of the senior members of the organization’s command in the country. In December 1992, together with other Hamas operatives, he abducted and murdered Israeli Border Police officer Nissim Toledano. He was captured by Israeli security forces in June 1993. The principal charges of which he was convicted included murder in connection with hostile activity, attempted murder in connection with hostile activity, and kidnapping, coercion, or false imprisonment. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2011, after serving 18 years in an Israeli prison, he was released as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange and deported to Turkey. In 2023, he was appointed Hamas’s representative in Turkey.