Hassan Salama says in his book, The Buses Are Burning, describing the situation of the resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip after the beginning of coordination between the Palestinian Authority and the occupation after Oslo:

We, the wanted ones, were targeted by the Palestinian Authority's security services.

At that time, there was a great search for the engineer Yahya Ayyash, so we were living in hiding.

We refused to open the Authority's front, refused to hand over our weapons, and confronted all the arrest operations.

This was the equation with the Authority.

Therefore, Gaza was a real prison.

It was difficult to carry out any jihadist action, and even if operations took place, most of them were unsuccessful.

The authority’s security forces carried out extensive arrests after each operation to find out who was behind it.


So our effort was based on developing our weapons. We started by manufacturing bombs.

We had a great experience, especially two brothers Yahya Ayyash and Adnan al-Ghoul.

We, the wanted ones, had a leadership headed by the commander-in-chief, Muhammad al-Deif, who is credited with the cohesion Al- Qassam Brigades apparatus and its continued effectiveness. He succeeded in overcoming all obstacles and is respected by the authority.

After that, Al-Qassam Brigades decided to carry out the Gush Katif martyrdom operation in 1995

To confirm that Al-Qassam Brigades would continue its jihadist operations regardless of the circumstances and reasons.

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Zionist journalists/reporters have zero integrity. They are sneaky and often omit and alter facts.

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The Gush Katif martyrdom operation on June 25, 1995.

Commander Hassan Salama was assigned by the Commander-in-Chief Abu Khaled to plan the operation. The Mawasi area of ​​Khan Yunis was chosen because of the presence of vital occupation targets in that area.

Commander Hassan recruited a group of resistance fighters to monitor targets in that area. The target was a bus carrying occupation soldiers.

The date for carrying out the operation was set after knowing the day on which the bus would arrive.

The preparation phase began, during which Commander Hassan brought in the explosives that would be used to carry out the operation. Commander Hassan brought in enough explosives for other operations,

knowing that the occupation would impose a ban after carrying out the operation and it would be difficult to provide them.

The martyr Muawiya Ruqa was chosen to carry out the operation.

Muawiya's brother Ayman was one of the wanted men whom Hassan knew and who was involved in the Sa'iqa group that Commander Hassan was responsible for.

However, Commander Abu Khaled initially refused to have Muawiya be the one to carry out the operation,

taking into consideration Muawiya's family situation and the presence of a wanted brother.

Abu Khaled asked Hassan to convince him, but Muawiya was very insisted

In the end, the two leaders, Abu Khaled and Hassan Salama, agreed to his request.


After preparing and Commander Abu Khaled's approval of the operation plan,

the martyr Muawiyah set off towards the target,


but what happened was that a patrol came before the bus, which made Muawiyah carry out the operation in the middle of this patrol.


The operation led to the injury of a number of occupation soldiers and the martyrdom of Muawiyah.

After the operation, the Palestinian Authority went crazy and launched a campaign of arrests.

The search for engineer Yahya Ayyash and commander Abu Khaled intensified.

Their pictures were distributed at various checkpoints, and the Authority raided the homes of those believed to have a connection to both of them

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