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In Palestine, the term shahid for "martyr" is used to mean any person who was killed by an aggressor, whether targeted or untargeted, and regardless of religion. [6] [1] According to The New York Times, this reflects a prevalent view in the community that every Palestinian death is part of a resistance against Israeli occupation. [7]
In Palestinian culture and society, a martyr can be anybody directly or indirectly killed by the Israeli occupation, regardless of whether or not they had been participating in active resistance or a member of a militant group. [5] These subjects can be prominent political figures, unnamed children, and everyday liberation fighters.
“The Miracle of Jewish Resistance,” Martyrdom and Resistance (March–April 1989), pp. 7, 12. “The Jews in Medieval Art,” New England Historical Association Bulletin (Fall 1988) “British Government Attitudes Toward Jewish Immigration During the Holocaust,” Martyrdom and Resistance (November–December 1987)
A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, 'witness' stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial usage, the term can also refer to any person who suffers a significant ...
Istishhad (Arabic: اِسْتِشْهَادٌ, romanized: istišhād) is the Arabic word for "martyrdom", "death of a martyr", or (in some contexts) "heroic death". [1] [2] Martyrs are given the honorific shaheed. [3]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Killing of Yahya Sinwar Part of the Israel–Hamas war and Rafah offensive Sinwar, wounded, staring at an Israeli drone, with his face covered in a keffiyeh, shortly before his death Operational scope Routine patrol of an area by the Israel Defense Forces' 828th Bislamach Brigade, leading to a ...
Marie Shllaku (1922 - 1946), born in Shkodër, Albania, was a prominent Catholic Albanian nationalist, educator, and anti-fascist activist known for her resistance against Serbian and Yugoslav oppression. [1] Educated in Albania and Italy, she became deeply involved in the resistance against Italian and German occupations during World War II.
The National Resistance Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المقاومة الوطنية, romanized: Katāʼib al-Muqāwamah al-Waṭanīyah), also known as Martyr Omar Al-Qassem Forces, [4] are the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which operates in Gaza [5] and conducts guerilla warfare. [6]