Resistance fighter and martyr: Mohammed remembers his brother Abdullah Ghazi Hamad

This is the story of Abdullah Ghazi Hamad. The son of a senior Hamas negotiator, he could have been a symbol of privilege. Instead, he became a symbol of something else entirely: a generation’s unbearable sacrifice and unbreakable will. While his father, Dr. Ghazi Hamad, battled at the political front to halt a genocide, Abdullah […]
Muhammad “el-Deif”: The tactical genius who stands alone

Mohammed Deyab Ebrahim el-Masri, or “Abu Khaled – Mohammed el-Deif” – as he was popularly known, was born in Gaza Strip in 1965. He hails from a refugee family that was forced to flee Al-Qubaiba village during the 1948 Nakba. Growing up in Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, he experienced first-hand […]