The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 80)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 80)

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Badawi recalls what happened in Ya’bad that day and the clash which
resulted in the death of Sheikh al-Qassam.
"There we were, nineteen of us in the mountains, around
seventy others promised to follow later. The nine of us
who stayed with al-Qassam proceeded to Ya’bad. On the
way we clashed with the police, and one of our brothers,
Ahmad al-Qassam was killed. We continued to Ya’bad and
stayed with Sheikh Said al-Hassan for two or three nights.
Then we realised that the village was under seige. At dawn
we went to the forest. The British police and the army
came and we fought against them until late afternoon.
When the clash began al-Qassam said to us, "die as
martyrs’. I don’t know how many of them we killed. There
was heavy fighting and the planes were above us, before
noon Sheikh al-Qassam, Atifa al-Masri and Yusuf al
Zibawi were all killed, and As’ad al Mifleh and Sheikh
Nimr al-Sa’di were injured. Sheikh Nimr had twelve bullets
in his chest and head but he did not die. After that we
surrendered and we were arrested."3”
Khadir Said al-Hassan in whose father’s house al-Qassam and his
men stayed in Ya’bad, said that al-Qassam believed that informers had
told the police about the group being in his father’s house. His brother
Ahmad was shot dead earlier that morning as he was taking breakfast to
the Mujahideen, by the police who were approaching the village.
According to Badawi, the police saw Ahmad with a rifle and shot him
(though the rifle was not loaded). According to Khadir, Ahmads brother,
the rifle was loaded and Ahmad fired once to warn the Mujahidin of the
approaching police, and thus he was shot.** The news of the death of al-
Qassam and the other three mujahidin spread quickly throughout the
country, and their funeral in Haifa became a great and spontaneous
37.Arabi Badawi, Personal interview, 23/5/84, Qabalan, Nablus.
the ‘same story about the clash was repeated in interviews
with:
1) ‘Arif Mustafa Zayd, personal interview
21/5/1984. He was an eye-witness, Nazlat
al-Sheikh Zayd
2) yohanmad al-Kylani, personal interview, 12/1/85
a’ba
3) Khadir Said al-Hassan, personal interview,
21/5/84, Nazlat al-Sheikh Zayd, Ya’bad.
38.Khadir Said al-Hassan. Interview 21/5/1984 Nazlat al-Sheikh
Zayd, Ya’bad
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

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Sonia Nimr

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