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Martyr Mujahid Atef Saleh Al-Zamli: The Knight of Military Ambulance
Military Media - Special Report
We are truly humbled to write about you, our knight. What should we write about? Your jihad, your courage, your bravery, and your devotion? Or should we write about your character and qualities that made everyone love and know you? Tell us, what should we write about, O Knight of Military Ambulance? Abu Nael (Abu Nael) recorded countless acts of heroism that rivaled the legendary deeds of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Birth of the Knight
On the tenth of August, 1971, the Rafah refugee camp witnessed the birth of a new moon. His family rejoiced at the arrival of Atef Ibrahim Saleh Al-Zamli into this world, his first cry a testament to his noble character. Our martyr – may God have mercy on him – grew up in the bosom of a family of mujahideen whose roots trace back to the town of Beersheba, whose inhabitants were forcibly displaced by the attacks of Zionist gangs that targeted civilians.
Our martyr was beloved from a young age by his family, friends, and colleagues. He was diligent in his studies, humble, kind-hearted, and never held a grudge against anyone. He disliked lying, hypocrisy, backbiting, and gossip. He was obedient to his parents, drawing closer to God through his love and devotion to them. He loved his brothers and friends.
Everyone who knew our martyr, the mujahid Atef, loved him, as he never neglected any of them. He married and God blessed him with three sons and one daughter.
His Education: Our martyr, the mujahid Atef Al-Zamli (may God have mercy on him), attended elementary and preparatory schools for Palestinian refugees, and later secondary school. He was a diligent and high-achieving student, always present at the mosque, committed to his prayers, never missing or being late for any. He studied electronics engineering and earned a diploma in construction and contracting. He completed more than 35 advanced first aid courses before working as a paramedic in the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
In the ranks of the Brigades
Our martyr, Atef al-Zamili, loved jihad from a young age. He longed to be a fighter, bearing arms and traversing the battlefields of honor and dignity. However, his jihad took a different, yet noble, form: jihad through his expertise as a combat medic. In 2007, he joined the ranks of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement. He worked in the Brigades' combat medic unit, which attends to the health needs of the Brigades' fighters. Our martyr participated in special and honorable jihadist missions, details of which we are withholding for security reasons.
Medal of Courage
The Palestinian Ministry of Health awarded our martyr, Atef Saleh Ibrahim Al-Zamli "Abu Nael," the Medal of Courage for his bravery and valor in his work as a paramedic. Our martyr performed many critical and difficult acts in rescuing the wounded and evacuating the dead. He served as a courageous paramedic throughout three fierce wars, earning the praise of all, until God chose him as a martyr while on duty during Operation Protective Edge.
A Date with Departure
On August 1, 2014, Abu Nael had a date with the martyrs and at the Prophet's Basin (peace and blessings be upon him). He ascended to martyrdom while fasting, by the permission of God Almighty. Zionist treacherous planes launched a number of missiles towards the ambulance he was riding in while trying to rescue a number of wounded and martyrs from the Sheikh Al-Eid family in the Musbah area. He was accompanied by paramedics Youssef Jaber Darabieh and Youssef Ajmaian Sheikh Al-Eid. He was martyred after an honorable jihadist journey in the ranks of the Al-Quds Brigades. We believe him to be so, and we do not praise anyone before God. We ask God Almighty to accept our martyr with His mercy and to place him in the Gardens of Bliss with the righteous, the martyrs, and the pious, and to inspire his family and relatives with patience and solace and to compensate them with good.