“The [PLO] Political and National Guidance Authority and the [PA] Ministry of Information in the Tubas and North Jordan Valley district marked the 30th anniversary of the death as a Martyr (Shahid) of deputy general commander of the revolution forces and engineer of the first Intifada (i.e., Palestinian wave of violence and terror against Israel, 1987-1993 in which approximately 200 Israelis were murdered) Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad’ (i.e., terrorist, responsible for murder of 125), and also Prisoner’s Day…
District Governor [Ahmed] As’ad said that as is its custom, Tubas is marking Palestinian Prisoner’s Day and the anniversary of… Khalil Al-Wazir, at a time when our people is remembering the unique commander’s acts of heroism and his self-sacrificing operations (i.e., terror attacks) that shattered the occupation’s mentality, as he was the First Bullet and the First Stone…
Fatah Movement Central Committee member [and Fatah Commissioner for Arab and China Relations] Abbas Zaki reviewed the life path of Martyr Khalil Al-Wazir, who constituted a school for struggle who succeeded in realizing national unity, created an extraordinary incident that did not happen again in Palestine, and provided an example of heroism and loyalty.”

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