Heroic Unforgettable Sacrifices in Al-Aqsa Flood
Yasmine Amber
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Palestine
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Palestinian Artist Rashad Abu Sakheila's Struggles and Legacy
• Palestinian artist Rashad Abu Sakheila, a university student, lost his university, job, and apartment during the war on Gaza.
• His work, "Fist of the Free," was a response to the Zionist series "Chaos."
• His poetry collection "Letters of Dust" included 27 poems about homeland, love, Jerusalem, and religion.
• His dreams of becoming a Palestinian poet were buried by the occupation.
Dr. Omar Frwana, "The Pioneer of Charitable Medicine in Gaza," played a significant role
• His daughter, Dr. Aya, survived the attack and was a role model for her daughters and father.
• Despite the war, her family was unable to return to Gaza, leading to their martyrdom.
"Small Heroes and the Butterfly of Resistance"
• Osama Al-Li, a six-year-old child martyr, was a renowned Quran memorizer and reciter.
• Mahasin Al-Khatib, a visual artist, left a lasting legacy in the "Al-Aqsa Flood" war.
In last March, the Palestinian artist Rashad Abu Sakheila addressed the world and wrote on his page: "From a young university student who loves reading books, writes poetry, works in the field of drama and cultural development, owns a simple apartment planning to get married and settle down in it, to a young man who lost his university, job, and apartment."
Fist of the Free
The artist Abu Sakheila could not imagine his dreams slipping away from his hands in this way since the beginning of the war on Gaza! He spent his life between art, writing, and poetry, achieving many successes, most notably taking on the leading role in the series "Fist of the Free" which was a huge artistic work in response to the Zionist series "Chaos", attempting to demonize the Palestinian people and portray them as traitors infiltrated by the "Israeli" intelligence, the series came as a refutation of the Zionist narrative they did everything to convince the world of.
The series consisted of 30 episodes, in which the artist Abu Sakheila displayed unparalleled creativity, relying on real stories that took place in the east of Khan Younis province in the south of the Gaza Strip three years ago, highlighting the conflict between the Palestinian resistance and the "Israeli" intelligence agencies, it was broadcast on more than 32 Arab TV channels and translated into English, as well as dubbed in Turkish.
He was born in Jabalia refugee camp in 2001, and graduated before the war from the Faculty of Journalism and Media at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza, he was referred to as the youngest Palestinian poet when he released his poetry collection "Letters of Dust", which included 27 poems about the homeland, love, Jerusalem, and religion.
Abu Sakheila dreamed of the end of the war to return to his writings and art, but a missile struck a school in Al-Fakhoura where he was taking shelter, tearing his body apart and turning him into parts, the occupation killed his dreams and buried his aspirations of becoming a Palestinian poet in international forums, and printing his second poetry collection that he was going to dedicate to the war and the dreams that were killed by it.
A martyr's family
In the fields of literature and art, Abu Sakheila resisted, recording his heroism and steadfastness in their most beautiful forms in the war and before it, and on the medical front, Dr. Omar Frwana resisted with his expertise and accomplishments until he was dubbed "the pioneer of charitable medicine in Gaza".
Frwana returned as soon as he finished his medical studies at Cairo University, then he was sent by the Islamic University to Britain to pursue his Ph.D. in urology and infertility treatments at Leeds University, and later went to Australia to specialize in male and female reproductive medicine, finally returning to Gaza to benefit his people from his knowledge.
In Gaza, Frwana became the dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Islamic University and an assistant professor there, he played a significant role in charitable medicine in Gaza, being a co-founder of the Charity Public Service Hospital and the Friends of the Patient Clinic.
Frwana lived only six nights in the "Al-Aqsa Flood" battle, before the house collapsed on his family while they were asleep on the seventh night of the aggression on Gaza, the occupation’s missiles assassinated a family with a long history in the path of knowledge and success, he and 15 individuals from his children and grandchildren ascended.
Like her father
Dr. Aya was one of his daughters who ascended in the targeting carried out by the occupier on them, Aya, who said from the first hour of the battle: "We are confident in Allah's victory, Gaza paid the price of humiliation and disgrace and restored our dormant glory."
Aya did not surrender to the fear and terror that had engulfed the hearts of the people of Gaza due to the intensity of the fire belts and the abundance of missiles raining down on them while they were asleep, instead, Aya stood firm in patience and resilience, proving to those around her and showing the world about steadfastness and stability.
Aya was her father's companion in the medical profession, and the granddaughter of the Palestinian poet Saleh Frwana in writing and poetry, everyone describes her as having a heart from the time of the female companions of the Prophet, she was a doctor with a board certification in family medicine months before her martyrdom.
In her motherhood, she set the most beautiful examples and models, as she would prepare her daughters to recite the Quran in one sitting, and they would wear the hijab at a young age in following her example. Their mother instilled in them the values that she herself embodied and became a role model for many other mothers.
She traveled with her distinguished engineer daughter Israa and her three children, who is the wife of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Qunai, who was on a scientific trip when the war broke out. As soon as the war started, he returned to Gaza, but the crossings were closed and prevented him from reaching his children and wife, causing them to become martyrs without bidding them farewell and imprinting them with goodbye kisses on their foreheads.
Small heroes
The heroism in Gaza was not limited by age, as young children have written unforgettable acts of heroism in the Palestinian sacrifice record, becoming martyrs at a young age, setting an example for adults.
The child martyr Osama Al-Li, at the age of six, was one of the youngest memorizers of the Quran in Palestine and reciters of Quran in one sitting. This excellence was not a result of a moment, but it started from when he was a fetus in his mother's womb. His mother would recite the Quran to him many times when she learned that the fetus can hear in the early stages of life, so she wanted the first thing he hears in his life to be the Book of Allah, and she vowed for him to memorize it and act upon it.
His mother registered him in the Quran memorization school, and after 6 months, he memorized it through dedication and hard work from the time of Fajr until Asr, then recited the entire Quran in one sitting starting after Fajr prayer, lasting for about 12 continuous hours.
When the bombing intensified around them, they moved to another house inside Gaza, as his family refused to leave it. They stayed steadfast in it, and on a harsh night of war while holding the Quran between his hands, reviewing his memorization, their house was hit by guided missiles, causing him and his family to become martyrs, leaving an unforgettable mark for children and adults.
The brush of resistance
With her brush, she left behind the butterfly of Jabalia camp, as artists called her, her impact in the "Al-Aqsa Flood" war. Mahasin Al-Khatib was a visual artist who donated her art to be a continuous charity upon her martyrdom.
Mahasin was known for her drawings depicting the reality of Gazans during intense war days, combining it with her artistic imagination in an attempt to live peacefully and reach life despite the suffering of the days.
Her last drawing depicted a child working with the fire of a rocket in his tent, embodying the story of the 20-year-old Shaban Aldalou who burned live in front of the world and tried to stay protected from the flames around him with his small hands.
Before the war, Al-Khatib used to capture Gaza through her lens, painting murals on its walls, and after the aggression began, she drew scenes from the war, and the diaries of the Gazans who struggled in the lines of misery.
After the beginning of the siege of Jabalia, Mahasin posted on her personal page: "I donate all the material and practical support for drawing as an ongoing charity," which surprised everyone with her generosity. She provided her material for free to all artists around the world, and artists from Gaza and beyond praised her actions, turning her post into a trend on social media platforms and gaining tens of thousands of shares, views, and comments.
In the second week of the occupation's siege on Jabalia, the house next to where Mahasin lived was bombed, killing her and leading her to become a martyr along with a group of her neighbors.
They were exemplary martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the "Al-Aqsa Flood" war, leaving an impact like that of the butterfly, unseen but never fading away!
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