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On July 6th each year, we commemorate the martyrdom of the commander of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Yamen Faraj.
The martyr Yamen Tayeb Ali Faraj was born in the proud city of Nablus on August 14, 1978. He was a resident of the village of Madama, and he studied at Madama Secondary School, where he joined the ranks of the Union of Secondary School Students’ Committees. His leadership traits quickly became apparent during this period, and from a young age, he joined the Popular Front in his village, Madama. As he grew stronger, he became one of its prominent leaders and a member of the organization’s administrative body.
In 1996, Yamen completed his secondary education with an average of 84% and enrolled at Al-Najah National University to continue his university studies. In the same year, he was arrested by the zionist occupation forces for belonging to the Popular Front and engaging in incitement activities against the occupation. As always, the eagles remain proud in all situations. He emerged from the interrogation chambers victorious, without his determination and will being shaken. His detention lasted for a year and a half, during which he was transferred from Jalameh prison to “Megiddo,” and then to Nafha.
In 1997, Yamen returned to his studies at Al-Najah University as a journalism student. In 1998, he was elected secretary of the Progressive Student Labor Front until he completed his university studies in 2002. At the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, he was injured on the first days of confrontations while leading demonstrators on Al-Quds Street as he tried to rescue the martyr Jihad Al-Aloul.
He was pursued by the occupation forces for over three years, accused of sending a number of martyrdom-seeking eagles and directly engaging with their forces. During his pursuit, he survived several assassination attempts due to his military acumen, security awareness, and sense, delaying his martyrdom to inflict more losses on the zionist killers. There were several harassments and pressures on him through various means, including the demolition and destruction of his family’s home, the arrest of his brothers from time to time, and frequent raids on his family’s house.
The occupation forces accused him of preparing his companion and comrade Shadi Nassar, who carried out the “Ariel” operation, the martyr Saed Hannuni, who carried out the “Petah Tikva” operation, the martyr Ziad Salameh, who carried out the Hamra settlement operation, and many other heroic operations.
Our comrade was always a prime and vital target for the zionist intelligence services to eliminate him, topping the list of wanted persons for assassination by the zionist army. He embodied the highest meanings of national unity in reality through unified fieldwork with a group of comrades and martyr fighters during his pursuit. Among his notable comrades were the martyr leaders Fadi Hannuni, comrade martyr Jibril Awad, comrade martyr Amjad Mulaitat, and the brother martyr leaders Nader Abu Lail, Naif Abu Sharikh, and the fighter leader martyr Sheikh Ibrahim.
Our comrade was distinguished by his political and military awareness and high morals, as attested by all who knew him. He possessed the revolutionary ethics of the Front, derived from its literature. On July 6, 2004, our wanted, red, Frontist, Guevarist fighter knight and his comrade Amjad Mulaitat dismounted during an assassination attempt. They made this day another day of our great people’s victories, teaching the occupation forces and their leaders lessons in combat arts and the iron will of the Front.
They fought an unequal battle in terms of numbers and equipment, where the enemy used missiles, firebombs, and intense bullets from their planes, tanks, and soldiers from all directions. The clash with our comrades lasted over four hours, inflicting heavy losses on the zionist occupation army, killing the unit officer, many soldiers, and injuring others. Amjad attained martyrdom while shouting at the top of his voice that the eagles of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades do not surrender.
Our comrade Yamen reaped the fruits of his sacrifices with martyrdom, departing to the sun, the cemetery of eagles. Thus, our leader comrades drew the map of the homeland with their blood and sufferings, following in the footsteps of our martyr leaders Ghassan Kanafani, Abu Mansour, Guevara of Gaza, Al-Ra’i, Wadie Haddad, Al-Najjar, Rabhi Haddad, the leader comrade Abu Ali Mustafa, and all these martyrs who drew the map of the homeland with their drops of blood.