Claim: Who was Izz ad-Din al-Qassam?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
A Syrian, Azhar-trained cleric who fought France in 1919-20 and fled a death sentence to Haifa (1920-21), preached to the poor, built armed cells and was killed by British police near Jenin, Nov 1935.
Al-Qassam was killed on 20 Nov 1935 near Jenin.
SOURCE
Peel Report 1937 ch. III para 89; IPS PalQuest (Maher Charif); Sanagan, Lightning Through the Clouds (2020)
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