On the 28th Anniversary.. Adel and Imad Awadallah: A Chase That Ended in Assassination

On the 28th anniversary of the assassination of the Qassam commanders, brothers Adel and Imad Awadallah, the article reviews the pursuit that lasted about three years, ending with their assassination on September 10, 1998, near Tarqumiya west of Hebron. The text covers their background in Hamas and the Qassam Brigades, their arrest and torture in Palestinian Authority prisons, and the occupation's detention of their bodies in the 'cemeteries of numbers' for 16 years before their release.

Today, Thursday, marks the 28th anniversary of the assassination of the Qassam commanders, brothers Adel and Imad Awadallah, who were killed by Israeli occupation forces on September 10, 1998, after a chase that lasted about three years. Adel was born in Al-Bireh on April 14, 1967, and joined Hamas since its founding, later being assigned responsibility for Ramallah and Al-Bireh in the Qassam Brigades. He participated alongside Hassan Salameh and Muhi al-Din al-Sharif in carrying out the 'Holy Revenge' operations in response to the assassination of Yahya Ayyash. His brother Imad, born on September 6, 1969, was Adel's right-hand man. The two brothers managed to evade Israeli and Palestinian security forces for about two years before the PA security apparatuses arrested Imad, who was tortured for four months in the prisons of the General Intelligence and Preventive Security. Days after Imad's release, occupation forces carried out their assassination in a farm near Tarqumiya west of Hebron. The occupation held their bodies in the 'cemeteries of numbers' for 16 years before releasing them. The article lacks any official Israeli or Palestinian sources or statements, relying entirely on the Hamas narrative.