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==Qassam's Brigades and Military Organizations== | ==Qassam's Brigades and Military Organizations== | ||
Qassam had established an underground armed organization in some of the villages of the northern province. The duty of this group was to engage with the British forces and help the mujahideen when they fought with the Zionists and the British forces. Later, when the activities of Qassam's underground organization became public, many of these patriotic youths joined it. | Qassam had established an underground armed organization in some of the villages of the northern province. The duty of this group was to engage with the British forces and help the mujahideen when they fought with the Zionists and the British forces. Later, when the activities of Qassam's underground organization became public, many of these patriotic youths joined it. | ||
Qassam had planned the stages of the revolution as follows: | Qassam had planned the stages of the revolution as follows: | ||
Self-confidence and promotion of the spirit of armed uprising; | * Self-confidence and promotion of the spirit of armed uprising; | ||
* Formation of underground groups; | |||
* Formation of leadership committees to collect donations for weapons; | |||
* Armed revolution. | |||
Qassam, along with his other colleagues, tried to attract more people and train them during the implementation of this plan, so that after completing the necessary forces and reaching the appropriate time, the general revolution of Palestine would begin. But the events of 1933 and 1934 forced him to start military operations before providing the facilities and forces. | Qassam, along with his other colleagues, tried to attract more people and train them during the implementation of this plan, so that after completing the necessary forces and reaching the appropriate time, the general revolution of Palestine would begin. But the events of 1933 and 1934 forced him to start military operations before providing the facilities and forces. | ||
The main factors of this change of plan were: | The main factors of this change of plan were: | ||
* The horrifying migration of Zionists to Palestine; | |||
* The tendency of Zionists to form terrorist groups with the help of England; | |||
* The expansion of Zionist lands and the intense activity of landlords, traitors and spies for the benefit of the enemy. | |||
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When Qassam issued the order for armed operations against the enemy, none of the people, the British or the Zionists knew anything about his organization. Because he was busy doing his daily works in Haifa and everyone saw him. Qassam's revolution organization had only two hundred fighters and eight hundred supporters. By Qassam's order, a chain of military operations against the Zionist areas and the patrols of the British army and police took place. These operations were carried out in a guerrilla and surprise manner and in the form of hit and run. These revolutionary actions caused a lot of damage to the agricultural lands and assets of Zionism and killed several British and Zionist forces. The armed operations and terrors of the enemies increased day by day, but it did not take long for Qassam and his comrades to decide to reveal their movement. Their goal of this decision was to express their divine goals, raise the spirit of militancy among the people and neutralize the enemy's propaganda that tried to tarnish the goals and nature of the Qassam's group and claimed that the attackers' goal was to loot properties and disrupt the people's comfort. Finally, increasing the number of Jewish immigrants to Palestine and the arming of the Zionists in 1935 had made the situation so critical that it was no longer possible to keep the movement secret. Therefore, it was decided that the operations would start from the mountainous areas of northern Palestine. | |||
==Clash with the occupiers and martyrdom== | ==Clash with the occupiers and martyrdom== | ||
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 | 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. | 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. | ||