"I do look like a martyr"

Martyr Mohammad Kamal Srour

Mohammad Kamal Srour was born on the 8th of August, 1976 in Kuwait.

He was the second child to a family that had newly became religiously committed, and so his mother chose to name him Mohammad after the Prophet of Islam.

During her pregnancy and after she gave birth to Mohammad, the family’s financial situation improved, and so they had a feeling that this son would come and carry good news.

Since youth, he was calm, polite, fun, and good hearted. He was emotionally attached to the prophet and his household, as he was raised on this love by his family.

Mohammad returned to Lebanon in 1990, and the family decided to reside in the southern village of Aita al-Sha’ab.

He later worked in automotive electricity, and moved to the Southern Suburb of Lebanon to learn more about it.

Mohammad worked in several professions and even traveled to Kuwait for work, but after he was prohibited from performing his daily prayers during his work hours in one of the companies there, he decided to return to his village, where he would have the freedom of religious practice.

Mohammad had never missed his prayers, and used to perform them in the mosque along with supererogation prayers and supplications.

In addition, the martyr was very close and helpful to his family, and used to help his mother in the housework.

He also volunteered in working with the Al-Mahdi Scouts and started drawing his path in Jihad since then.

Mohammad joined the Islamic Resistance after that and made efforts to convince his mother to pray for him so that he succeeds in this path and attains freedom.

The martyr used to dress elegantly and say: “I do look like a martyr.”

As this feeling was planted deeply in him, he also made efforts to achieve this dream. And so, he was very accurate in performing all the tasks he was given.

In the battlefield:

When the two Israeli soldiers were captured in South Lebanon, the martyr instantly asked his wife to pack his bag so that he joins the resistance fighters.

During the war, the martyr asked his chief to leave with a group of resistance fighters to Aita Al-Sha’ab so that he would be able to fight in his town. He was clear to go, and while he was confronting an Israeli airdrop, he was hit with a gun shot in his forehead.

He was instantly martyred on the 2nd of August 2006, leaving behind a baby boy named “Ali” who was born 10 days before Mohammad’s martyrdom.

After the war was over, the martyr’s body was buried on the 18th of august, 2006 in the cemetery of Aita Al-Sha’ab.