"Let them keep throwing rocks at you"

No.

6623

Date

10 October, 2015

Found by

Khaled Yousry

Original Social Media Post

"“It doesn’t matter” A previously circulated video showed the elderly martyr Ziad Abu Helal, who was killed today after being beaten by Israeli occupation soldiers during a raid on his home in Dura, south of Hebron in the West Bank. “بهمش” فيديو سابق كان قد انتشر منذ فترة للشهيد المسن زياد أبو هليل والذي استشهد اليوم بعد اعتداء جنود الاحتلال عليه بالضرب خلال اقتحام منزله في مدينة دورا جنوب الخليل بالضفة الغربية."
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Archivist Notes On This Video

This was during the funeral of 18 year-old Muhammad Fares Al-Jaabari, killed by the Israeli forces the day before.

Archivist Notes: Murder of Ziad Abu Hlail at home in Israeli forces raid

On October 7, between 3 and 4 am, Israeli troops raided the home of 66-year-old Ziad Abu Hlail in Dura, in Al-Khalil governorate, West Bank. The soldiers were there to arrest his son. They ransacked the house and beat Ziad, according to his son Murad.

His widow shared details of the raid: “We were asleep at 4 a.m. when the army surrounded the house and arrested my son. They took him out of the house. His father wanted to run after him, but they didn’t let him. They pushed the door into him, and he fell and died. He became a martyr. We called the ambulance and it didn’t arrive. God took his soul when he was at home, the ambulance didn’t take him to hospital.

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Legacy: Ziad Abu Hlail, was a prominent Palestinian non-violent activist, and was often seen peacefully confronting Israeli forces in videos, preventing soldiers from arresting or firing at young Palestinians.

His defiance in the face of Israeli soldiers earned him renown, especially when he responded to a soldier complaining about children throwing rocks at them with "Bihimmish-بهمش" (Arabic dialect which translates to "It doesn't matter" or "I don't care".) back in 2015.

His home was raided by IDF troops at dawn on August 5, 2017, ransacking the house and beating following his participation in protests against the construction of military tower in the village of Kharsa, south of the city of Dura.

Photos: Portrait: 2015: raised the Palestinian flag in Al-Aqsa mosque. Israeli forces detained him afterwards 2016 2017, November 27, at hospital with his 17 y/o son Ahmad who died in a car accident

People in Video: Sheikh Ziad Musa Abu Hlail

The details for each video come from social media. None of it has been verified.