Izz al-Din al-Qassam: Difference between revisions

The British forces, considering the possibility of starting operations from the Yabad area in Haifa, tried extensively to arrest Qassam, whom they did not know whether he was in Haifa or in Yabad. After failing in the first step, while the reconnaissance planes were patrolling over the Yabad, they attacked Yabad, the headquarter of the Qassam forces. After five days of fighting, when the occupying forces were sure of Qassam's presence among the mujahideen, they launched a hard attack on the Qassam's group, which was defeated by the bravery and perseverance of the revolutionaries. After this defeat, the British tried to surrender him by sending some Arab policemen and Qassam's friends, but Qassam and his comrades rejected surrender and compromise and chose to fight until martyrdom. The enemy's attack and Qassam's martyrdom The government forces attacked again and with various armored vehicles, tanks and planes, launched a widespread and heavy attack on the Qassam's forces. The revolutionaries, after being informed of this heavy attack, suggested to Qassam to leave the battlefield with his guards, but he did not accept this suggestion and became ready for war and martyrdom. On December 20, 1935, a fierce clash between the revolutionaries and the government forces took place, in which many of the enemy forces were killed and some of the revolutionaries were martyred and others were wounded. In the afternoon of the same day, another clash began and during that Sheikh Izz al-Din Qassam was martyred and some of his comrades were wounded. After the martyrdom of Qassam, his comrades broke the siege and fled to northern Palestine and brought the body of their martyred commander to the city of Haifa. To attend the funeral of Qassam, many of the leaders and elders of Palestine went to Haifa and the city was full of people who had come from all over Palestine.