Dr. Rafat al-Araeer

I am Dr. Rafat al-Araeer, 44 years old.

I’m an academic and lecturer at the Islamic University of Gaza, teaching foreign poetry and English literature.

I’ve participated in writing novels and books about the challenges of life in Gaza under Israeli blockade. I’ve been very active in exposing Israeli crimes on social media.

I always used to say: “When we write about martyrs, it must be known that the Israeli occupation killed them. We must not leave the perpetrator unknown.”

The last thing I said was: “The situation is very bleak, we don’t even have water… I only have my pen, I’ll throw it at the occupation soldiers if they invade, even if that’s the last thing I do. We have nothing to lose.”

My brother was martyred by the Israeli occupation in the 2014 war, and today, I bid you farewell. My family and I are going to paradise next to my brother.

Dr. Rafat was martyred in an assassination carried out by the Israeli occupation. He and his family were martyred today, December 7, 2023.