Earlier in 2024, he captivated hearts with words that chronicled one of Gaza’s most heart-rending stories of strength amid loss and tribulation — in a video where he poetically described his martyred granddaughter, Reem, as the “soul of my soul”, in November last year. “When a man’s child dies, Allah, the Exalted, asks His angels, ‘Have you taken out the life of the child of My slave?’ With the prophets and martyrs — and where he is reunited with his soul of souls — may Allah allow us to follow in his footsteps and be united with the souls of our souls, on the path of struggle and martyrdom, āmīn.