Zakaria was born in 1976 into the family of Mohammed and Samira Zubeidi, one of eight children at the Jenin refugee camp. [13] The family originally came from a village near Caesarea from which they were expelled in the 1947–1949 Palestine war. [3] In an rare interview with a British reporter, Zakaria recalled his father, an English teacher, was …

13 hours ago · Zakaria Zubeidi, Militant Who Briefly Escaped Israeli Prison, Is Among Released Palestinians ... He helped direct the Freedom Theater, a community cultural center in the hardscrabble Jenin refugee ...

13 hours ago · FILE PHOTO: The family of the Palestinian militant Zakaria Zubeidi, who was arrested following his escape from Gilboa prison, sit in his family house in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank ...

10 hours ago · Zakaria Zubeidi, whose mother and brother were killed by Israeli troops, is a symbol of resistance to some Palestinians. ... Zubeidi has been told he is banned from going back to Jenin, but he ...

13 hours ago · Reuters. Free prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi, a former high-profile commander of the Fatah group's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, gestures while in a vehicle, near Ramallah in the Israeli occupied West Bank ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Zakaria Zubeidi, a former Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commander in Jenin, is set to be released on Saturday in exchange for four Israeli hostages held in Gaza, Ynet reported on Thursday. The Israel Defense Forces has warned that any involvement in terrorism or possession of weapons post-release will make him a target.

13 hours ago · Zubeidi, a former member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, hails from the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, which has been under continuous Israeli military operations since Jan. 21.

1 day ago · Notable among those being freed is Zakaria Zubeidi, a leader of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades in Jenin. Zubeidi was one of the escapees from Gilboa Prison in 2021 and was involved in several attacks, including the 2002 bombing at the Likud branch in …

13 hours ago · Free prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi, a former high-profile commander of the Fatah group's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, reacts, near Ramallah ... That conflict made Zubeidi a powerbroker, both in Jenin and ...

Jan 18, 2025 · One of those set to be released in the hostage and ceasefire deal set to begin Sunday morning is arch-terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Jenin,...