Ahmed Yassin... the paralyzed Sheikh who predicted the fall of "Israel"
Introduction
No one could have imagined that the elderly Sheikh, who was assassinated by Israeli occupation aircraft nearly 21 years ago, would leave behind a generation that would instill fear in the ranks of the enemy and spread terror among its settlers and soldiers.
Birth and Upbringing
The spiritual father of the "Hamas" movement, which carried out "The Al-Aqsa Flood," was born on June 28, 1936, and was martyred in March 2004. However, his memory remains alive in the hearts of every Palestinian, as they watch the "Izz ad-Din al-Qassam" fighters inflict heavy losses on the enemy, standing firm against the brutal "Israeli," American, and Western machine, with nothing but God Almighty on their side.
Ahmed Ismail Yassin grew up in a historical village called Joura Ashkelon in 1936. He lost his father when he was only 5 years old and witnessed the Nakba of 1948 when he was 12; this left a profound impact on him, instilling the necessity of resistance and engaging in the liberation struggle, as well as the determination not to concede an inch of Palestinian land to the Zionist enemy.
The incident that affected his life.
In 1952, at the age of sixteen, he suffered a serious accident that permanently affected his life, as he sustained a fracture in his neck vertebrae while playing with some friends, leading him to spend the rest of his life confined to paralysis.
He completed his secondary education during the academic year 1957-1958, and later worked in the professions of teaching and preaching. He became one of the most prominent advocates in Gaza, married one of his relatives, and she gave birth to 3 sons and 8 daughters.
The formation of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas.
The late individual embraced the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded in Egypt in 1928. He was active in resisting occupation and gathered donations to help the families of martyrs and detainees. He later assumed the presidency of the Islamic Community in Gaza.
As a result, he was arrested in 1982 and sentenced to 13 years in prison, but he was released again in 1985 as part of a prisoner exchange deal between the Israeli occupation authorities and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
In 1987, he agreed with a group of leaders of Islamic work in the Gaza Strip, who belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood movement, to establish an organization aimed at resisting the Israeli occupation and liberating Palestine, which they named the "Islamic Resistance Movement," known as "Hamas.
He was re-arrested on May 18, 1989, along with others from the ranks of "Hamas," and received a 15-year prison sentence on charges of inciting the abduction and killing of "Israeli" soldiers, as well as founding the "Hamas" movement and its military and security apparatuses.
On October 1, 1997, Sheikh Yassin was released after a failed attempt to assassinate Khaled Mashal, the head of the political bureau of "Hamas," in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The Jordanian security authorities arrested two agents of the "Israeli Mossad" and handed them over to "Israel" in exchange for the release of Sheikh Yassin.
The Martyrdom of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and His Legacy
On September 6, 2003, the late Sheikh was the target of an assassination attempt, as "Israeli" helicopters targeted his apartment in Gaza, but he survived death.
The occupation attempted again on March 22, 2004, when Sheikh Yassin was martyred after Apache helicopters fired three missiles at him while he was sitting in his wheelchair outside the Islamic Complex Mosque in the Gaza Strip, to meet his Lord as a martyr.
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The late Sheikh predicted the downfall of "Israel," relying on the Quran and the succession of generations. He predicted the end of "Israel" in the first quarter of the coming century, in the year 2027, which seems near, God willing, with the collapse of its army before the " Al-Aqsa Flood .
One of his notable words: "We are students of the certificate; we do not care about this life. This life is trivial and cheap; we strive for eternal life.
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