Monument erected in school to honour the "glorious deeds" of terrorist murderer Hussein Abayat
Headline: “20 years since the first assassination of the Al-Aqsa Intifada”
“The companions of Martyr Hussein Abayat (i.e., terrorist, involved in murder of at least 1), who accompanied him during the Al-Aqsa Intifada (i.e., PA terror campaign 2000-2005, more than 1,100 Israelis murdered), gathered together with others from the younger generation that heard about [Abayat’s] glorious deeds. They came in the darkness of night to the Abayat High School [for Boys] to mark the 20th anniversary of Abayat’s death as a Martyr, near his home in the Hindaza area next to Bethlehem, and close to the cemetery that bears his name, where he was the first to be buried…
The eulogies that were given for the anniversary of the assassination of one of the most prominent commanders of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (i.e., Fatah’s military wing) during the [second] Intifada highlighted his virtues, his courage, and his heroism, and the Martyr Abayat Monument was unveiled. The monument was constructed from local stone, and it presents the Martyr with a large map of Palestine, for whose sake he died.
Bethlehem District Governor Kamel Hamid, who was the Fatah Bethlehem branch secretary when Abayat died as a Martyr, said that our people’s journey continues in order to achieve the national goals, for whose sake the Martyrs have died.
Fatah Bethlehem Branch Secretary Muhammad Al-Masri emphasized the [Fatah] Movement’s loyalty to the Martyrs and to our people’s goals, and he committed to continue the struggle…
When the Al-Aqsa Intifada broke out on Sept. 28, 2000, Abayat was the first to take up arms and confront the occupation forces in a number of places…
The occupation’s helicopters blew up Abayat’s car. He was seriously wounded, and shortly after he was rushed to the state hospital in Beit Jala he died as a Martyr from his wounds…
The occupation leaders hurried to make declarations expressing joy over the assassination of Abayat, to whom the occupation attributed the killing of a number of soldiers and settlers. He was the first to shoot at the settlement of Gilo (i.e., the southernmost neighborhood of Jerusalem), which became the occupation’s main weak point in the Al-Aqsa Intifada because the occupation considers it one of the neighborhoods of occupied Jerusalem…
Fatah, which held the ceremony, honored the family of Martyr Abayat.”
Hussein Abayat - Commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in the West Bank. He was involved in shooting attacks against Israeli civilians and military in the Bethlehem area, including the murder of Sgt. Max Hazan and the injuring of border policeman Shimon Ohana. Abayat was killed in November 2000 when he was hit by a rocket fired by an IDF helicopter.