Defiance in Gaza: The Unyielding Spirit of Palestinian Resistance
Watan-A video clip circulated on social media documented the moment when Israeli soldiers fled from a Palestinian resistance fighter who was inside a house in Gaza.
The footage showed several Israeli troops armed with the latest weapons ascending stairs inside the building. In the subsequent scenes, some of them appeared inside the house’s living room in a state of panic and confusion, cautiously approaching closed room doors.
في #غزة لا يستسلم المجاهدين، يقاتلون حتى الشهادة بعد الإثخان في عدوهم..
هذا مشهد من المشاهد الكثيرة التي وثقها الاحتلال وأخفاها..سألني أحدهم يوماً: لماذا يبث الجيش الصهيوني مشاهد قتاله فقط مع الحجر والشجر وليس المجاهدين خلال معارك #طوفان_الأقصى؟!
قلت له: لأنه يخشى بث تلك… pic.twitter.com/VYvXebIzw7
— أدهم أبو سلمية 🇵🇸 Adham Abu Selmiya (@adham922) March 24, 2024
The resistance fighter Omar al-Dahdouh
The resistance fighter, identified as Omar al-Dahdouh, could be heard in the video. One of the occupying soldiers was heard shouting, followed by another firing his machine gun towards a seemingly empty room except for a bed.
Activists reported that the fighter who engaged with the Israeli force and instilled fear in their hearts was Omar al-Dahdouh, the brother of Al Jazeera cameraman Hamdan al-Dahdouh.
Hamdan had mourned his brother’s death days earlier, attributing it to Zionist shelling, unaware that his brother had engaged in one of the heroic battles during the Al-Aqsa Flood battle. Omar sacrificed his life unexpectedly against a complete Zionist unit that couldn’t confront him in a besieged house.
مشاهد من اشتـ.ـباك المـ.ـقـ.اوم الشـ.ـهيد “عمر الدحدوح” مع قوات الاحـ.ـتلال في منزل شقيقه بمدينة غزة. الاشتباك استمر لأكثر من نصف ساعة بين مقاتل واحد وقوة كاملة من جنود الاحتلال، حسب شهود عيان. pic.twitter.com/7uj0RVBTWJ
— يني شفق العربية (@YeniSafakArabic) March 25, 2024
The fighters do not surrender
The activists emphasized the resilience of the fighters in Gaza, stating that they do not surrender, fighting until martyrdom after facing their enemy head-on. They pointed out that the incident was one of many documented by the occupation but concealed from the public.
One activist, Adham Abu Salimia, commented: “In Gaza, the fighters do not surrender. They fight until martyrdom after confronting their enemy. This is one of many scenes captured and hidden by the occupation.”
He continued, “Someone once asked me: Why does the Israeli army only broadcast scenes of combat with stones and trees, not the fighters during the battles of Al-Aqsa Flood? I told him: Because they fear broadcasting those scenes. The fighters fight fearlessly and without hesitation until the last moment, while the enemy’s soldiers flee from them.”
