In fierce clashes, during the battle of the Horror of the Camps, Abu Shujaa ascended while defending his camp from the “israeli” aggression and invasion. The enemy unleashed soldiers, armored vehicles, and drones to bring him down—knowing well that he would never surrender.
The aggression was seen as one of the largest operations in the West Bank since 2002.Abu Shujaa was always known for his courage, his steadfastness, and his refusal to surrender to both the occupation and Palestinian Authority forces. His martyrdom—after surviving countless assassination attempts time and again—remains a symbol of resistance that strengthens the determination of his people to carry on the struggle until victory.
This anniversary arrives alongside what became known as the Battle of the Horror of the Camps. During this battle, the occupation forces launched a wide-scale invasion targeting the refugee camps in the West Bank. Fighters from every faction confronted them across every front:
• Jenin: 51 clashes, 3 ambushes, 36 explosive devices targeting soldiers and vehicles.
• Tulkarem: 30 clashes, 3 ambushes, 27 explosive devices, 2 sniper operations, and the downing of a drone.
• Nablus: 8 clashes, 2 explosive devices.
• Tubas: 8 clashes, 1 explosive device.
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The best way to understand who Abu Shujaa was is through his own words. He once told us:
“I offered my soul for the sake of Allah to raise the banner of ‘There is no god but Allah.’ We are fighting the enemies of Allah; it is our right to reclaim our lands. The liberation of our Aqsa can only be achieved through armed struggle. What was taken by force can only be restored by force, and the youth are ready and on full alert.”
Dr. Fathi Al-Shiqaqi once said:
“The true leader is the one who instills in people the ability to rejoice, the ability to see, the ability to walk, the ability to transform, the ability to be companions on the path. He sets for them an example in steadfastness and determination to continue the struggle and the jihad until victory—or liberation from the chains of clay.”
And this was the kind of leader Abu Shujaa was, while following the path of Dr. Fathi Al-Shiqaqi.
Even when wounded by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces in a failed attempt to assassinate him, Abu Shujaa continued resisting until the end. The pursuit of this fighter by both the occupation and the PA exposed the fear that men like him instill in oppressors, whether occupier or collaborator.
His story began long before his final battle. At seventeen, he set out on the path of resistance, walking behind the footsteps of comrades like Abdullah al-Hosary and Saif Abu Libdeh, carrying forward the legacy of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad under the leadership of the Secretary-General Ziyad Al-Nakhaleh, the late Ramadan Shallah, and the martyr founder Fathi Al-Shiqaqi. Within every bullet fired by Abu Shujaa, the path of resistance lived on, and through him it spread further across the land.
The struggle he embodied echoed the paths of Amir Abu Khadijah and Raed Al-Karmi in Tulkarem, and of Jamil Al-Amouri, Abdullah Al-Hosary, and Islam Khamaysa in Jenin.
On April 19, 2024, the enemy claimed that Abu Shujaa was assassinated in a raid on a house in Nour Shams camp.
The mosques of Tulkarem mourned, and the reports seemed to have been true, yet the Tulkarem Brigade denied them. Two days later, Abu Shujaa appeared in public, rifle in hand, at the funeral of his fallen comrades—directly defying israel’s claim. His appearance as a wanted fighter further humiliated the fragile entity that is only fueled by lies, deception, and cowardice. Meanwhile, Abu Shujaa’s appearance ignited a fire across the West Bank giving birth to thousands of more revolutionaries ready to walk on the path of Abu Shujaa.
“Our message to the occupation is that we are defiant, following the path of the martyrs, and our struggle will continue until victory.”
“In the entirety of the West Bank there is an Abu Shujaa, in every place, and in every camp, and city.”
These were the words of Abu Shujaa calling on all honorable people to stand with the resistance at a critical moment in the history of the Palestinian cause where glory is only obtained amongst those who resist.
On July 26, 2024, worrisome news spread from Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem: PA security forces had besieged Abu Shujaa while he was receiving treatment after being wounded in an explosion during bomb-making. Crowds of Palestinians immediately rushed to the hospital to confront the PA. Children, resistance fighters, and mothers of martyrs and prisoners confronted the PA to allow Abu Shujaa to escape freely in a scene defying the treachery and collaboration of the PA forces.
The Story of the Tulkarem Brigades
2022 — The Spark
It began with Saeed Jaber, one of the first to fire at the occupation forces in Tulkarem at a time when Jamil Al-Amouri “renewed the clash.” After a series of operations and clashes, Saeed Jaber became wanted by the IOF, so he escaped to Jenin camp to be amongst the Jenin Brigade. Despite this “setback”, it brought Jenin closer to Tulkarem despite the checkpoints that stand in between the two hubs of resistance.
Early 2023 — The Establishment
At the start of 2023, Saeed returned to Tulkarem. Together with his cousin, Mohammed Jaber “Abu Shujaa,” he founded the brigades that stood openly against the occupation.
Among them was the prisoner Mohammed Qassas, “Al-Bireh.” Today, he begins his first year in occupation prisons after being abducted while fighting alongside Abu Shujaa in the battlefield of the Horror of the Camps.
Abu Shujaa’s Testament
Before his martyrdom, Abu Shujaa wrote words that revealed the weight of his heart:
In his final post, he writes:
“To me,
I don’t think my heart will ever fully heal. I will always feel a sense of shortcomings throughout my life, even though there is nothing that I could do that I haven’t already done.
But I also cannot shake off the bad feeling that overwhelms me every time I see the sacrifices of others and what has befallen them. I see my arrest, the loss of my home, my separation from my family, the loss of my brother Mahmoud, and several others close to me as passing matters compared to a child who has lost his mother, or a father who has lost his child, or a prisoner who will spend decades in his cell, deprived of his children.
But I console myself that Allah protected me for a reason and that I did not choose to retreat but always chose resolve, and despite that, I am still among you. And I console myself that if we come out of this war alive, our duty is to be up to the responsibility and remain a source of strength to those around us.. And to remain loyal to those who sacrificed and offered so much..
This is a pledge upon us and I ask Allah to enable us to fulfill it.”
The Ascension
On August 29, 2023, after countless attempts to take his life, Abu Shujaa ascended as a martyr. His brigades, his story, and his final words remain a torch that guides the fighters of Tulkarem, Nour Shams, Jenin, and beyond.
Glory to the martyrs.
Glory to those who do not bend or break.
source: Resistance News Network