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Here was Abu Ibrahim's last stand. The final clash. On Ibn Sina Street in Rafah's Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, Yahya Sinwar and Mahmoud Hamdan's mythical last moments took place, in the Abu Taha family home. Had they walked just half a kilometer west—422 steps—they would have arrived at Al-Quds Street. They had better plans: martyrs, on the path to Al-Quds.
The owners of the home recognized the famous couch on which Sinwar ascended and the home's familiar walls that witnessed Sinwar's last breath. There, they were displaced twice—once in the Nakba of 1948, like half of all Gazans in exile on their own land, to settle in one of Gaza's eight refugee camps, and again during the ongoing genocide that began in 2023.
Upon seeing this scene, Mohammed Abu Taha wrote the following:
"We write these words with great pride and honor about one of the symbols of jihad and resistance, Martyr Yahya Al-Sinwar, who was martyred in the house of my cousin, Ashraf Abu Taha, in the city of Rafah.
Our family, the Abu Taha family, takes pride in having been part of this historic moment that embodies the courage and determination of the free in confronting the occupation.
We are even proud that the last stick he used to resist this occupier came from our house.
Abu Ibrahim, who gave his life for his homeland, will remain a symbol of resistance.
His martyrdom in our home is an honor for us, and it drives us to continue on the path he walked—the path of dignity and pride.
We, the Abu Taha family, in all our diversity and affiliations, affirm that we will remain on the covenant, and we will never forget the sacrifices of the martyrs. Every martyr is a star in the sky of Palestine, and every drop of blood shed is a beacon that lights our way to freedom.
May Allah have mercy on the martyr Yahya Al-Sinwar and grant him paradise."
Glory, eternal glory to the martyrs. May we transform the prisons into museums of liberation and rebuild our broken homes into monuments of steadfastness, stronger and more beautiful than they were before.
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