The son of an imam whose family has lived in Gaza for generations published an article in which he spoke of how his father, whom he said was seized by Hamas, said as he was taken that if he should die, his family should publicize the real reason for his death: that he would not preach that obedience to Hamas and violent resistance to Israel is Gazans’ best path.
Ala Mohammed Mushtaha, son of Imam Mohammed Mushtaha, began his article by saying his father was seized on December 30, as 20 masked men took his father from his home.
“I know that if Hamas kills my father, they’ll say that the Israeli army did it,” Ala Mohammed Mushtaha wrote. “My father was very keen that even if he died, we should make known the despicable demands they made of him. It was his last request to us, literally as he was being carried out of the door, that should he die, we should publicize the real…
