Name: Mohammed Nayif Asa'ad Barakat

Residents: Anabta village near Tulkarem

Arresting day: January 30^th,2000

Childhood and Education

Mohammed was born in December 12^th,1972 in Anabta village near Tulkarem city. He has four brothers and five sisters. He finished his primary and preparatory studying in Anabta school. He finished his high studying in Abed Al Rahim Mahmoud school. He was careful to give the compassion atmosphere in his house.

Al Qassam Brigades

After he finished his high school in 1988. He joined to Al Najah university in Religious department. He joined to the Islamic block and became an active member. He became a friend of two of Al Qassam leaders. Karim Mafarja and Nasha'at Abu Jbara were his best friends in the university.

He joined to the Brigades with others of the Palestinian youth. The main skill which qualified him to be a mujahid in the Brigades his experience in the Hebrew language. The Brigades' leadership charged him to enter the bombs to the Zionist entity to execute martyrdom operations. He has two partners, Nasim Abu Ras and Jasir Samaro.

In the cage of chasing

Many of his operations succeeded. The Zionist forces began to collect information about the mind who was behind these operations. In 1999, the Zionist special forces raided his parents' house and destroyed everything inside it, but they fail to arrest him. The Zionist forces kept his house under surveillance for 24 hours.

The Zionist forces repeated its action many times. They raided the house but they failed to arrest him. His ability to conceal pushed the Zionist entity to ask the Oslo authority (PA) to chase him. The authority agreed and raided his house like the occupation and arrested his younger brother for forty days. Then they arrested his older brother, Shadi.

The arrest

In January 30^th,2000. Mohammed was taking a tour in Natanya to chose targets for his martyrdom operations. He was wearing the uniform of the religious Jews.

The Zionist accused him in many things:

1.   Planning for a clash near Ramallah.

2.   Joining to Al Qassam Brigades.

3.   Planning to martyrdom operations.

He was sent to Biet Eil court for more than 20 sessions. The Zionist court sentenced him for 19.5 years. The Prosecutor refused the primary decision of the court. He demand for 30 years as a punishment.

Mohammed was taken again to the Zionist court. This time, he was sentenced for 25 years. He was moved to Asqlan jail then to Hadarim jail. The Zionist administration is preventing his parents to visit him since that time.