Al-Khalil city

Name: Mohammed Saleem Al-Herbawi.

Residence: Al-Khalil city.

Date of martyrdom: February 4^th, 2008.

Way of martyrdom: Dimona Martyrdom Operation.

Background:

Mohammed Saleem Al-Herbawi .20. was born in Al-Khalil city on November 22th, 1987. His childhood was hard; he studied to ninth grade and then moved to work. He entered the masjid very early and he was very active in most events there. Before the age of sixteen, Mohammed was arrested; he spent 27 months in the Zionist jails.

Mohammed became man at very early stage of his life, when he took the responsibility of his mother and his brothers from a young age and joined the work at a factory of papers in the city.

He was always cheerful; the smile had never left his face. He was obedient to his parents and he used to wake his brothers to pray Al-Fajr (the dawn) prayer.

The last moments:

His brother remembers the last moments with Mohammed before martyrdom, saying: .that morning, he wore normal clothes and waked me to pray, and he asked me to close the door., .he left the key of the house and his money and did not comeback to have his breakfast. he added.

His brother continued:.when the operation occurred, I got worried, so I did not go to school. In the afternoon, the Zionist forces stormed our house examining each part of it and cracking Mohammed.s room. They arrested my father Saleem and my brother Samer without talking about Mohammed..

Who is that man?

 When the Zionist officer entered the house of the Qassam martyr Mohammed Saleem Al-Herbawi, one of the executers of the martyrdom operation of .Dimona., he wanted to see the photo of this hero who challenged the Zionist Intelligence Agency and overrode all security measures.

The Zionist officer asked Mohammed.s mother: where is the photo of your son Mohammed?

Mother pointed at his photo.

The officer: why does he have beard? Is he Hamas?

Mother: I don.t know.

The officer: where is his bed?

Mother: .pointing to his bed..that is it.

The officer: where is Mohammed?

Mother: he went to his work.

The officer: .laughing. Are you sure?!!

Mother: yes.

At that moment, about 3:30 pm, Al-Khalil city was full of soldiers who surrounded all streets in the region. The people thought that they were chasing wanted person and surrounding his house. After that, the Zionist forces stormed the family.s house and arrested his father and brother. Later, Al-Qassam Brigades declared its responsibility and announced that the two martyrs are Mohammed Al-Herbawi and Shadi Zgheyer.

In a video clip, Mohammed and his companion appeared reading their recommendations. They say that they performed this operation in revenge to the blood of the Palestinian martyrs in Gaza and West Bank.

Thousands of people came to express their pride with this hero and his martyrdom operation.