February 28 marks the 28th anniversary of the martyrdom operation carried out by Qassami martyr Majdi Abu Wardeh, from Al-Fawwar Camp in Hebron, in occupied Jerusalem, which also coincides with the martyrdom operation carried out by Ibrahim Al-Sarahna, also from Al-Fawwar Camp, in Ashkelon.

The two martyrdom operations came within a series of operations called (Operations of Holy Revenge), which came in response to the Israeli occupation’s assassination of engineer Yahya Ayyash, and the two operations were among the first operations in this series.

The life of the martyr Magdy before the operation


The martyr Majdi Muhammad Mahmouda Abu Wardeh was born in Al-Fawwar Camp, south of Hebron, on May 23, 1977. He is the second among his eleven brothers and sisters, to a Palestinian refugee family from the town of Iraq, Al-Manshiya, occupied since 1948.

Abu Wardeh studied the primary and preparatory stages in the schools of Al-Fawwar camp, then completed the secondary stage in the Tariq bin Ziyad School in the city of Hebron.

He did not succeed in high school (tawjihi), so he decided to go to the Vocational Training Institute to take a course in court to make a living from it.


From an early age, the martyr Abu Wardeh was keen to commit to praying in the mosque. He was one of the pioneers of the old Al-Fawwar camp mosque. He loved football, raising birds, and singing.

Intisar Abu Wardeh, the mother of the martyr Magdy, says: “Magdy was active and active, and he was in the third grade of middle school, and he prayed all his prayers in the mosque.” As for Magdy’s brother, he confirms that Magdy’s childhood was like the childhood of most of the youth of Al-Fawwar camp. He lived during the first Palestinian intifada. He loved playing the army and the Arabs.

During his studies at Tariq Bin Ziyad School in Hebron, the martyr Magdi was constantly targeting settlers in the “Al-Dabuya” building in central Hebron, according to his mother. Magdi was an activist in the first Palestinian intifada and participated in most of the confrontations that Al-Fawwar camp witnessed.

Jihad and martyrdom


Although he was not arrested by the occupation forces during the first intifada, as was the case with his comrade Ibrahim, the martyr Magdi joined the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades after the massacre of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, and the assassination of the martyr Yahya Ayyash.

In an interview given by prisoner Hassan Salama, the “Holy Revenge” operations engineer, to the website of the Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades in 2018, Salama confirmed that the prisoner Muhammad Abu Wardeh, from Al-Fawar camp, who is still in the occupation prisons, was the one who recruited the two martyrs. Ibrahim and Magdy to carry out the first phase of operations (Holy Revenge).

As for the transfer of the martyr Abu Wardeh, the prisoner liberated in the Wafa al-Ahrar al-Maqdisi deal, Ayman al-Razem, took care of it. They were introduced as journalists, and their haircuts and clothing were prepared to suit that.

Before launching the operation, the martyrs Abu Wardeh and Sarhana met in a house in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, accompanied by Ayman Al-Razem and the two captives Akram Al-Qawasmi and Hassan Salama. Akram and Hassan left towards Ramallah, while the two martyrs headed with Ayman towards Jerusalem and Ashkelon, and a picture was taken of them before the operation began.

Details of the operation and occupation losses


The martyr Abu Wardeh headed towards the central bus station, west of Jerusalem, and arrived at the station at exactly six-thirty, and headed to bus No. 108, carrying a package weighing 13 kilograms, which the prisoner Hassan Salama had prepared in front of him, and trained him to use it several times.

Several minutes later, the martyr Abu Wardeh blew himself up on the bus, killing 28 settlers and wounding 50 others. He was the first to carry out holy revenge operations in the heart of occupied Jerusalem.

How do we read the process today


In an exclusive interview with Bayt al-Maqdis News Agency, Dr. Nidaa Qaysiyah, a researcher specializing in Zionist affairs, believes that 28 years after the Bus 108 operation in Jerusalem, we are still witnessing the peak of the strength and vitality of the resistance in Palestine. Qaysiyah says: “The resistance is still achieving clear achievements and goals, and it is The most prominent evidence of this is the capabilities and capabilities possessed by the resistance during the war that has been ongoing for more than 4 months in the Gaza Strip, during which the occupation was unable to achieve any of its declared goals.”

Qaisiya adds: “The resistance always proves that the occupation entity is a cartoon entity, and that the myth of the invincible army is nothing more than a myth. The occupation soldier was always defeated by the Palestinian resistance, on the battle fronts or operations in the heart of the entity, which created the resistance and continues to create.” In choosing its places and times, it continues to this day.”