“We are weak, but we are strong in God… and victory is near.” Words from the message of Hamza Abu Halima, the owner of the photo that occupied the world last December and shook social media platforms.
Palestinian journalist and activist Muhammad al-Jaabari published a video of Hamza, the young Palestinian man who was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza City, in which he appeared naked, with injuries to his leg, and an Israeli soldier sat him on a chair, handcuffed behind him.
But this time Abu Halima He appeared in a video sending a message to Israel and the world, where he said, “You are our enemy because you are on our land. Get out of our land, and therefore you are not our enemy.” He continued, “The Jews in Spain are not our enemies, they are our friends, but you occupy my land, kill my children, and demolish our homes, so you are my enemy.” .
The video spread with lightning speed on social media platforms, as Abu Hamza had occupied the world with his previous image, and they called him the “Lion of Gaza” because his message was a challenge to the Israeli occupation.
🔴🔻(Hamza Abu Halima)
The owner of the iconic image that dazzled the world..
He defied captivity and torture from the Nazi occupation with all dignity, dignity and pride!!!
This is his strong message to the world!!!!!#Al-Aqsa Flood #Hamza_Abu_Halima#Palestine_from_the_river_to_the_sea pic.twitter.com/fJTr5MZ8o0– Media personality Eman Tawalbeh (@Emantawalbeh333) June 6, 2024
The Gazan believer mesmerized the miserable world with his patience, faith, steadfastness, and servitude to the One and Only God. People saw this model as an example of the truth of faith that strengthens a person and makes him steadfast like a stone in the face of fire, horrors, and the loss of all life’s gains.
This high model comes at a time when you are living…—Moad Shaqour | Moad Shaqour (@mooad_shaqour) June 6, 2024
🔴The owner of the famous photo challenging the occupation army… Hamza directs his message to the world with words that summarize the scene from the land of Gaza. #Gaza_has_humiliated_their_arrogance #ScandalousGaza pic.twitter.com/jUhILBTtBO
– Taysir Al-Balbisi (@Taysirbalbisi) June 6, 2024
Blue Space users unanimously agreed that “Abu Hamza” is an example of steadfastness, and one of them said, “Take messages of steadfastness… He was captured and tortured and did not give up his conviction.”
It is noteworthy that last December, the occupation forces stormed the house of one of Hamza’s uncles in the “Yarmouk” area in Gaza City. He had been displaced with his family from the Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood, east of the city, following the intensification of battles and violent raids that targeted entire residential squares in this neighborhood, which killed him. A large share of killing and destruction since the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7 of last year.
Hamza’s cousin told Tel Aviv Tribune Net that the occupation soldiers arrested Hamza after he was injured by shrapnel in his right leg during the storming of the house. They stripped him of his clothes and took him from the “Yarmouk” area, east of the city, to the “Palestine Stadium” in the west.
