A father is not supposed to bury his children. It goes against the natural order of things and when parents lose their children, it is a tragedy that shakes a parent to the core, not if you live in Palestine. That's exactly what happened in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip yesterday when the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) killed 6 brothers from the Abu Mahadi family by bombing their vehicle as they traveled to aid displaced people through a charity. Their elderly father has to bury his 6 sons, including his youngest of 10 years old.
The men were not carrying weapons, nor were they resisting. They were civilians. The six brothers and their friend were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit their vehicle in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday. Ibrahim Abu Mahadi mourned his sons as their bodies were brought to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, according to Gaza ambulance service. Their elderly father has to bury his 6 sons after he conducted the janaza prayers. AP reports saw the mangled and bloodied car as relatives wept over the bodies.
Once again, within a 24-hour period, the IDF killed 6 Palestinian civilians in Jenin, including 4 brothers. Mustafa Barghouti, who is a physician and politician, has a post on Twitter with an attached photo of the 4 brothers and a video of the shock on the face of their mother, who was screaming, "I have nobody left!" She added, "I lost everything, I have nothing left, my house is now empty," the mother of the four brothers said at her sons' funeral. Allah forbid those killers and whoever provided them with bombs should have any children and or grandchildren.
While this was taking place, shamefully, Egypt allowed a US aircraft carrier to pass through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea to bomb Yemen and the UAE and Bahrain provide the same carrier with food and water. It is worth noting here that Jordan, UAE, and Bahrain provide Israel with fresh fruits and vegetable during the last 18 month while their fellow Palestinians were left without food, water, or medicine.
These Arab countries should take a heed from Abdullah Al-Dubos, the Kuwaiti businessman who offered Ibtihal Aboussada golden job upon hearing that Microsoft fired the Moroccan engineer for exposing the tech giant complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza. He immediately made her an offer she could not resist at a point when her life was upside down, her career was in ruin, no income, and her future was bleak. This is the highest form of generosity. It is when you offer to help others indeed without them asking for help, not to show off or for publicity.
Betrayal by PA President Moshe Abbas
Speaking of betrayal, on April 11, 2025, PA President Moshe Abbas' Gestapo-style security forces arrested a wanted Palestinian freedom fighter in Tulkarem and turned him over to the Israeli Death Forces. Today, believe it or not, Abbas' Security Forces who acts as subservient and guard dogs to the occupation murdered the commander of Jenin Brigade Yazid Jaysa, who is said to have been wanted by both the PA and Israel. It has been reported that the PA Security Forces fired an RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade at house where he was. PA Spokesman denied it and claimed that they do not have RPG-7 within their arsenal. Fish swim, birds fly, and the PA security forces lie.
PA officials often referred to freedom fighters in the West Bank as "lawbreakers" and "pro-Iranian thugs." Recently, the PA representatives in Jinen proposed to Hamas and Jihad fighters to lay down their weapons in exchange for the payment of salaries, recruitment into the ranks of the PA security forces, the granting of amnesty, and the purchase of their weapons for a large sum of money. The representatives of the groups flatly rejected the PA's proposal.
At first, the IDF claimed that they were targeting Hamas snipers when they targeted the six brothers in Gaza. Then, they said they will investigate the killing.
The six Abu Mahadi brothers in Deir Al Balah; including Ahmed, Mahmoud, Mohammed, Mustafa, Zaki, & Abdullah.
The four Darwish brothers killed in Jenin were:
Hazaa (27 years old)
Rami (22 years old)
Ahmed (24 years old)
Alaa Naji Hassan Darwish (29 years old).
Razkallah Nabil Suleiman (18 years old), and Mohammed Yasser Musa Asa'as were also among the 6 martyrs in Jenin.
There was no outcry or outrage from the US, Britain, France, Germany, or other western powers. Nobody gives a fuck about Palestinians. I have never seen a video of a Hamas soldier killing any children or raping women. But I have seen a whole load of Israeli soldiers killing Palestinian women, children, and journalists and then laughing about it. This is the Israeli pure terrorism and genocide and practice that has not been deployed by Nazi Germany. And if you call it as such, you're accused of supporting terrorism. How does that work?
Nowadays, Israeli leaders publicly saying there will be no Palestinian state and that the greater land of Israel will include Jordany, Lebanon, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. However, people like Moshe Abbas, King Abdul, and the Butcher of Egypt will tell you this is only Hamas-fabricated propaganda.
Finally, I still remember when world leaders from around the world marched in Paris to express outrage except when it comes to Israel, they get jelly legged. Those same leaders from around the world who marched in Paris have not shown their outrage, offered condolences, and expressed their solidarity with the people of Palestine or Lebanon. I can't help but wonder now about their hypocrisy for ignoring 18 months of genocide, starvation, and ethnic cleansing that Palestinians are forced to endure and all other daily crimes committed against them.
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Mahmoud El-Yousseph is a Palestinian freelancer for Islamicity.com and ColumbusFreepress.com. He can be reached at elyousseph6@yahoo.com.
