17-year-old boy merited “Martyrdom”
Headline: “Muhammad Hassanein – [first] wounded, later a prisoner, and finally a Martyr”
“On May 15, 2019, 17-year-old youth Muhammad Imad Hassanein (i.e., terrorist, PMW was unable to determine the details of his crimes) was seriously wounded in his right leg, after being shot by the occupation army at the northern entrance to El-Bireh. Later he was arrested… On April 4 of the same year, the occupation released Hassanein after four months of imprisonment…
Hassanein remained confined to bed for four years, in a search for treatment that would save his leg from amputation, but this did not stop him and did not prevent him from constantly participating in the national and popular activities while in a wheelchair. He fought with his throat…
Hassanein, who began to walk very few steps some months ago, set out early yesterday morning [July 3, 2023], towards the northern entrance of El-Bireh, following calls of young people to demonstrate in protest of the Israeli aggression against Jenin and its refugee camp (refers to 2023 Operation Home and Garden; see note below -Ed.). The moment he arrived at Al-Balu’a Square in northern El-Bireh, exited his car, and took out his phone to film the events, an Israeli sniper struck him by surprise with a bullet that split his head (sic., Hassanein participated in violent confrontations against Israeli soldiers at Beit El checkpoint). He was evacuated to the Palestine Medical Complex, and later it was published that he died as a Martyr.
‘Mom, I was wounded, I was arrested, and now I am seeking Martyrdom’ – this is what Hassanein told his mother once after his release in 2019.
Hassanein did not agree to sit at home. He refused to accept the circumstances that were imposed on him due to his injury, and the dream he pursued for years was realized. This dream was Martyrdom, his mother added.”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 4, 2023]
2023 Operation Home and Garden - an Israeli counter-terror operation in Jenin that lasted from July 3-5, 2023. The operation targeted terror infrastructure in the city, and particularly the Islamic Jihad-affiliated terror group the Jenin Brigade, after 50 terror attacks had originated from the city and 19 terrorists had fled to it since the start of 2023. Israeli soldier David Yehuda Yitzhak, 23, was killed during the operation, while at least 18 Palestinian terrorists were killed and over 300 terror suspects were arrested. During the operation, Israeli forces attacked a terror headquarters located next to a medical clinic and two schools, one of them belonging to UNRWA. Several weapons factories were discovered containing hundreds of explosives and weapons caches. Terrorists opened fire on Israeli forces from within a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, and after gaining control of the site, the Israeli forces discovered weapons caches including explosives and entrances to underground tunnels in the mosque's basement.