Martyr Jamal al-Aqili.. A sports leader who spread nunchaku in Gaza and took it to the world

A report reviewing the biography of martyr Jamal al-Aqili, the sports leader who founded and spread the game of nunchaku in Gaza, developed the 'Palestinian style' for it, and took it to international forums. The report covers his administrative career in the Ministry of Youth and Sports, his founding of the game's union, his global achievements, and his martyrdom in the bombing of his home in December 2023.

A report reviewing the biography of martyr Jamal Ahmad Mustafa al-Aqili (Abu Yusuf), the Palestinian sports leader who founded and spread the game of nunchaku in the Gaza Strip. Al-Aqili began training youth in the game in the 1970s, developed the 'Palestinian style' for it, and authored a book defining its rules. He managed to take the game to the world stage, as champions Iyad Arafat and Muhammad Abu Saqr participated in the World Championship in the United States in 2005 and won first place. Al-Aqili served as Director General in the Ministry of Youth and Sports since 2006, and oversaw youth and sports programs. He was martyred on December 22, 2023, inside his home on Al-Yarmouk Street in the center of Gaza City, along with his eldest son Yusuf and a number of his family members and grandchildren. The report immortalizes his biography as one of the martyrs of the Palestinian sports movement, whose number exceeded 1,019 martyrs during the war.