This month marks the 29th anniversary of the martyrdom of the prominent fighter Atef Bseisu, who was one of the most prominent security leaders in the Fatah movement.
The official, Atef Bseiso, was born on 23 August 1948 to a large Palestinian family in Gaza, the 44 years old official is the top intelligence aide to the P.L.O. chairman was assassinated in the French capital, Paris.
on June 8, 1992, by the Israeli Mossad, using a silencer pistol. The bullets targeted his head directly while he was on a public street in front of the “Méridien” hotel. This was confirmed by France’s top investigator, Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière, in March 1999, according to the French media.
The martyr Bseisu was also among the Palestinian cadres placed on the Israeli assassination list, claiming that he led the groups that carried out some operation.
On June 10, 1992, the Palestinian leadership, with the participation of a number of senior Tunisian officials and hundreds of popular crowds, buried the body of the martyr Bseisu to his final resting place in the “Martyrs of Palestine” cemetery in the Hammam al-Shatt area on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital.
The body of the martyr was transferred after the funeral prayer to the memorial commemorating the Palestinian and Tunisian martyrs who were victims of the Israeli raid on the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Hammam al-Shatt in October 1985.
The martyr Atef Bseiso was buried next to the tombs of the martyrs: Salah Khalaf “Abu Iyad”, Hayel Abdel Hamid “Abu al-Hol”, Fakhri al-Omari “Abu Muhammad”.
It is mentioned that the martyr was working in the shadows, and he was not a well-known face in the media.
Throughout his life and his struggle in the Palestinian revolution, he preferred to work away from the spotlight, but the truth emerged when the Palestinian leadership spoke about his legacy and his position after his assassination, and President Yasser Arafat described him as a great fighter. And the national hero.
