I thought I had found a Qassam car bomber obituary referencing the story Israelis think is #72virgins … but no, in this example the beings they were referring to were more like the apostles

google translate gets "noble companions" and my Arabic is rudimentary

"As for his brothers in (the Qassam and Palestine mosques), tears streamed from their eyes in grief over the separation from their dear (Ayman) and in joy at his martyrdom. He always told them about his love to meet Allah the Almighty and his love to meet the noble companions in the gardens of bliss, and then they prayed for his forgiveness and satisfaction."

Original

أما إخوانه في (مسجدي القسام وفلسطين) فقد انهمرت الدموع من عيونهم حزناً على فراق (أيمن) الغالي وفرحاً باستشهاده، فقد كان يحدثهم دوماً عن حبه للقاء الله تبارك وتعالى وحبه للقاء الصحابة الأجلاء في جنات النعيم ثم دعوا له بالمغفرة والرضوان.

seemed like it might be roughly the same story nope … it's these guys

الصحابة الأجلاء

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sahabah

most of the names on this list look a bit incompatible with the #Israeli version of the #72_virgins story?

It's from 1993 … Gregorian dates only 1993-09-12
even spelled out in words
الثاني عشر من سبتمبر من العام ألف وتسعمائة وثلاث وتسعين
with the Latin month name سبتمبر September

archive of the obituary https://archive.md/SxFvM

When did izkor start?

cc @kmpiw @kmpiw