“On the 6th of July each year, we commemorate the martyrdom of the commander in the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Amjad Mulaitat. The deputy commander of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades… the alleys and stones of the Old City knew the neighing of his rifle. And the bodies of dozens of zionists who tried to undermine the dignity of the Old City felt the heat of its barrages.”
The martyr leader and comrade fighter Amjad Mulaitat (Abu Watan), deputy commander of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades in Palestine
He was born in the town of Beit Furik, near Nablus, on 27/7/1973 and lived in his village, Beit Furik, where he was raised with a love for the land. Like all fellaheen [farmers], the leader learned unparalleled concepts of giving from his proximity to the land, which gives endlessly to its lovers.
He studied in the town’s schools but left his studies in the first preparatory grade to become a construction worker, like his brothers, seeking a dignified living, which he believed only comes through work. He has been married for five years and belongs to a struggling family that has given much for the homeland, with two of his brothers currently in occupation prisons, one sentenced to eight years and the other awaiting trial.
In his early youth, specifically at the age of fourteen, he joined the ranks of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He was an active and prominent example of courage and boldness, as witnessed by all his comrades at various stages of his life.
At the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, he answered the call of the homeland… the call of resistance. He joined the ranks of the Popular Resistance Forces before they became the Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades. From the very first moment of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, he and his comrades carried out many heroic operations, planting explosive devices, engaging in clashes, and setting ambushes targeting zionist soldiers and settler groups in the (“Elon Moreh” – “Itamar”) settlements and the bypass road adjacent to Beit Furik and Salem. He became a wanted fugitive for the zionists at any cost, causing a state of madness and hysteria within the zionist intelligence services due to his relentless military activity.
Finally, at dawn on 6/7/2004, the commander, accompanied by commander Yamen Tayeb Faraj, the commander-in-chief of the Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, advanced to fight a heroic battle witnessed by the masses of our Palestinian people in the city of the Mountain of Fire, Nablus. Our martyr leaders faced columns of soldiers supported by tanks and aircraft for four hours of bloody combat, in which our heroic comrades inflicted heavy losses on the enemy before they ascended to the heights of glory as martyrs without a single bullet hitting their backs. It became clear that the bullets that hit them all over their bodies were fired from the front, indicating that our comrades faced the enemy face-to-face until the last bullet and the last drop of blood.
Thus, our martyr fulfilled his promise to his mother when he told her during his pursuit: “Mother, do not grieve for me. I have offered myself as a humble bouquet of flowers, a gift to the homeland and the Popular Front. Know that if I am shot from behind, do not ask about me, and I promise you I will only be martyred by a bullet from the front.”
The enemy, in its hatred, demolished his family’s house and prevented the martyr’s father from passing through the checkpoint at the entrance to Beit Furik while he was struggling with death due to a severe health crisis. They held him for two hours and only allowed him to pass after confirming his death.
When Fadi Hanini and Jibril Awad were martyred, Yamen and Amjad turned off their mobile phones for five consecutive days. On the sixth day, Yamen told his comrades: “Wait for us tomorrow.” On the seventh day, Amjad said: “Congratulations… we have avenged the blood of Fadi and Jibril.” The martyrdom operation was carried out in central “Tel Aviv” by the heroic martyr Saed Hanini. This is how comrades keep their promises and fulfill their convenant.