Abu Shujaa, the Commander Who Did Not Bend or Break

This anniversary arrives alongside what became known as the Battle of the Horror of the Camps. During this battle, the occupation forces launched a wide-scale invasion targeting the refugee camps in the West Bank. Fighters from every faction confronted them across every front:
• Jenin: 51 clashes, 3 ambushes, 36 explosive devices targeting soldiers and vehicles.
• Tulkarem: 30 clashes, 3 ambushes, 27 explosive devices, 2 sniper operations, and the downing of a drone.
• Nablus: 8 clashes, 2 explosive devices.
• Tubas: 8 clashes, 1 explosive device.
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The best way to understand who Abu Shujaa was is through his own words. He once told us:

“I offered my soul for the sake of Allah to raise the banner of ‘There is no god but Allah.’ We are fighting the enemies of Allah; it is our right to reclaim our lands. The liberation of our Aqsa can only be achieved through armed struggle. What was taken by force can only be restored by force, and the youth are ready and on full alert.”

Dr. Fathi Al-Shiqaqi once  said:
“The true leader is the one who instills in people the ability to rejoice, the ability to see, the ability to walk, the ability to transform, the ability to be companions on the path. He sets for them an example in steadfastness and determination to continue the struggle and the jihad until victory—or liberation from the chains of clay.”

And this was the kind of leader Abu Shujaa was, while following the path of Dr. Fathi Al-Shiqaqi.

Even when wounded by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces in a failed attempt to assassinate him, Abu Shujaa continued resisting until the end. The pursuit of this fighter by both the occupation and the PA exposed the fear that men like him instill in oppressors, whether occupier or collaborator.

His story began long before his final battle. At seventeen, he set out on the path of resistance, walking behind the footsteps of comrades like Abdullah al-Hosary and Saif Abu Libdeh, carrying forward the legacy of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad under the leadership of the Secretary-General Ziyad Al-Nakhaleh, the late Ramadan Shallah, and the martyr founder Fathi Al-Shiqaqi. Within every bullet fired by Abu Shujaa, the path of resistance lived on, and through him it spread further across the land.

The struggle he embodied echoed the paths of Amir Abu Khadijah and Raed Al-Karmi in Tulkarem, and of Jamil Al-Amouri, Abdullah Al-Hosary, and Islam Khamaysa in Jenin.

On April 19, 2024, the enemy claimed that Abu Shujaa was assassinated in a raid on a house in Nour Shams camp.

The mosques of Tulkarem mourned, and the reports seemed to have been true, yet the Tulkarem Brigade denied them. Two days later, Abu Shujaa appeared in public, rifle in hand, at the funeral of his fallen comrades—directly defying israel’s claim. His appearance as a wanted fighter further humiliated the fragile entity that is only fueled by lies, deception, and cowardice. Meanwhile, Abu Shujaa’s appearance ignited a fire across the West Bank giving birth to thousands of more revolutionaries ready to walk on the path of Abu Shujaa.

“Our message to the occupation is that we are defiant, following the path of the martyrs, and our struggle will continue until victory.”

“In the entirety of the West Bank there is an Abu Shujaa, in every place, and in every camp, and city.”

These were the words of Abu Shujaa calling on all honorable people to stand with the resistance at a critical moment in the history of the Palestinian cause where glory is only obtained amongst those who resist.

On July 26, 2024, worrisome news spread from Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem: PA security forces had besieged Abu Shujaa while he was receiving treatment after being wounded in an explosion during bomb-making. Crowds of Palestinians immediately rushed to the hospital to confront the PA. Children, resistance fighters, and mothers of martyrs and prisoners confronted the PA to allow Abu Shujaa to escape freely in a scene  defying the treachery and collaboration of the PA forces.

The Story of the Tulkarem Brigades

2022 — The Spark
It began with Saeed Jaber, one of the first to fire at the occupation forces in Tulkarem at a time when Jamil Al-Amouri “renewed the clash.” After a series of operations and clashes, Saeed Jaber became wanted by the IOF, so he escaped to Jenin camp to be amongst the Jenin Brigade. Despite this “setback”, it brought Jenin closer to Tulkarem despite the checkpoints that stand in between the two hubs of resistance.

Early 2023 — The Establishment
At the start of 2023, Saeed returned to Tulkarem. Together with his cousin, Mohammed Jaber “Abu Shujaa,” he founded the brigades that stood openly against the occupation.

Among them was the prisoner Mohammed Qassas, “Al-Bireh.” Today, he begins his first year in occupation prisons after being abducted while fighting alongside Abu Shujaa in the battlefield of the Horror of the Camps.

Abu Shujaa’s Testament
Before his martyrdom, Abu Shujaa wrote words that revealed the weight of his heart:

In his final post, he writes:

“To me,
I don’t think my heart will ever fully heal. I will always feel a sense of shortcomings throughout my life, even though there is nothing that I could do that I haven’t already done.

But I also cannot shake off the bad feeling that overwhelms me every time I see the sacrifices of others and what has befallen them. I see my arrest, the loss of my home, my separation from my family, the loss of my brother Mahmoud, and several others close to me as passing matters compared to a child who has lost his mother, or a father who has lost his child, or a prisoner who will spend decades in his cell, deprived of his children.

But I console myself that Allah protected me for a reason and that I did not choose to retreat but always chose resolve, and despite that, I am still among you. And I console myself that if we come out of this war alive, our duty is to be up to the responsibility and remain a source of strength to those around us.. And to remain loyal to those who sacrificed and offered so much..

This is a pledge upon us and I ask Allah to enable us to fulfill it.”

The Ascension
On August 29, 2023, after countless attempts to take his life, Abu Shujaa ascended as a martyr. His brigades, his story, and his final words remain a torch that guides the fighters of Tulkarem, Nour Shams, Jenin, and beyond.

Glory to the martyrs.
Glory to those who do not bend or break.

source: Resistance News Network

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The commander of the Tulkarm Brigade in the Al-Quds Brigades, Mohammad Jaber, known by his nom de guerre, Abu Shujaa, was killed following hours of confrontations with the occupation forces in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank of occupied Palestine.

Abu Shujaa was killed alongside four of his companions after the Zionist occupation forces surrounded the building they were in.

The occupation forces launched a large-scale aggression against the camp on Wednesday evening, as part of the intensive aggression against the West Bank, the largest since 2002.

Deploying dozens of military vehicles and bulldozers, the occupation commenced extensive demolition operations in the streets and infrastructure of the camp.

According to Zionist media, the occupation forces besieged several Resistance fighters at 4 am, including Abu Shujaa, inside a building in Nur Shams.

Confrontations broke out, during which the occupation forces fired an Energia rocket at the building, however, confrontations continued.

By the end of the armed confrontation, Abu Shujaa and four others with him were martyred.

Abu Shujaa had previously stated in an exclusive interview earlier this month. “If the enemy assassinates me, we will continue. The struggle does not end with one person, there are generations that rise to defend our rights, and the biggest indicator is the martyrdom of a Palestinian and more in each home in Tulkarm, and the Resistance continues.”

Regarding the multiple pursuits by the occupation forces, Abu Shujaa confirmed that the enemy failed to assassinate him three of four times, despite specific operations targeting him.

The commander mentioned that during one attempt to kill him, the regime invaded Tulkarem for 55 continuous hours, asserting that the occupation and its occupation army are “weaker than a spider’s web, given their substantial losses.”

However, he added, “the enemy has always been like this and never acknowledges it.”

West Bank wide-scale aggression continues

As of now, at least 14 martyrs have been reported due to the aggression against the West Bank. In the West Bank reports state that a young man was martyred and another was injured by the occupation forces’ gunfire in the Tulkarm camp, raising the total number of martyrs in the aggression against the West Bank to 14, including those from Tubas, Tulkarm, and Jenin.

Our correspondent also reported that the occupying forces arrested Bayram Qasas on the outskirts of Tulkarm camp before withdrawing from the camp’s vicinity and the city, except for the Nur Shams camp.

Additionally, the occupying forces withdrew from the Al-Far’a camp in Tubas after arresting several Palestinians and brought in more reinforcements to Jenin, closing the city’s entrances.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement confirmed Thursday that Mohammad Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, the commander of the al-Quds Brigades – Tulkarm Brigade, was killed along with several other Resistance fighters, following confrontations with Ioccupation forces in the Tulkarm refugee camp in the northern West Bank.

The PIJ highlighted in a statement the role of Abu Shujaa, one of the founding members of the Tulkarm Brigade, stating that “the Palestinian people knew him for his steadfastness and bravery.”

The movement said that Abu Shujaa was known as “a Resistance fighter who chose to confront the occupation to lift the oppression off his people, fully aware that facing the occupation, regardless of the cost, is far better than living under its rule.”

The PIJ indicated that the occupation mobilized dozens of soldiers, along with armored vehicles and drones, to reach Abu Shujaa in the heart of Tulkarm camp, because it was aware that the commander and his comrades would not surrender and would engage in heroic confrontations against them.

Resistance factions mourn Abu Shujaa

On its part, the Hamas movement commended the Resistance fighters of its military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, and all the military factions bravely resisting the Israeli aggression against the occupied West Bank, mourning the martyr Abu Shujaa and his fellow fighters.

In a statement, the movement vowed that the recent Israeli incursions and targeted attacks concentrated in Jenin, Tulkarm, Tubas, and other governorates “will not succeed in breaking the will of our people and our Resistance.”

It underlined that the occupation will face further losses, disappointments, crises, and security turmoil, from Gaza to the West Bank and across all fronts involved in Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

Hamas renewed its call to the people of the West Bank for greater unity and solidarity with the Resistance and the intensification of field confrontations with the occupation forces and settlers.

Similarly, the al-Mujahideen Movement also mourned martyr Abu Shujaa and his comrades, affirming that their martyrdom will only strengthen the Resistance in the West Bank and Palestine.

The movement stated that the Israeli military should expect more failures and defeats, urging the Palestinian people in the West Bank to support the Resistance fighters, engage in revolutionary actions, and escalate confrontations.

In addition, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said martyr Abu Shujaa exemplified sacrifice and heroism in defense of his people and cause, adding that, despite his young age, the commander was a model of leadership demonstrated by his significant role in confronting the Israeli occupation.

Moreover, the Resistance Committees in Palestine stressed that the occupation’s crimes and assassinations, extending from Gaza to the West Bank and every inch of occupied Palestinian land, are desperate and failed attempts that will not succeed in uprooting the Resistance nor halting its top-tier operations, which have become a source of terror for the occupation.

The Committees hailed the Palestinian Resistance fighters from various factions, stressing that the war on the West Bank and Gaza will not bring security and stability to the regime.

In the same vein, the Storm Forces, the military wing of the Fatah al-Intifada movement – Tulkarm Brigade, made it clear that the resistance will respond with full force to Abu Shujaa’s assassination and to the Israeli crimes across all of Palestine.

Initial response to Abu Shujaa’s assassination

As part of an initial response to the assassination of Abu Shujaa, the al-Quds Brigades – Tulkarm Brigade carried out an operation in which its Resistance fighters ambushed an infantry force in the al-Manshiyah area.

The Brigade said that its engineering unit targeted the Israeli force with an improvised explosive device (IED) and unleashed a barrage of gunfire on the occupation soldiers, dealing direct hits.

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