Following a month of struggle against the COVID-19 disease, freed Palestinian prisoner and highly-respected leader within the Islamic movement in the West Bank, Omar Barghouti, passed away in a Ramallah hospital on Thursday.
The Hamas Movement in #Gaza holds a funeral house in honor of Omar Barghouti, a well-known #Palestinian freedom fighter who died today of Covid-19 in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/n8zZWmpxOD
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 25, 2021
Barghouti – not to be confused with leading Palestinian activist in the BDS movement, Omar Barghouti – arrived at a Ramallah hospital a day earlier after a sudden deterioration in his condition, the Ma’an news agency reported.
He passed away a day later.
One of the leading members of the Hamas movement in the West Bank, Barghouti is from the village of Kobar, near Ramallah.
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Barghouti and his family have endured much hardship under the Israeli occupation. His son, Saleh, was killed by Israel two years ago. Another son, Asem, is currently serving a life sentence in an Israeli prison.
Omar Barghouti himself served 27 years in various Israeli prisons due to his anti-occupation activities. Moreover, several homes belonging to the family were demolished by the Israeli army throughout the years and Barghouti’s wife was herself arrested.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
