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]