He was martyred with his wife, children, and mother, in an Israeli bombing that targeted his home in the town of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. He was a liberated prisoner who spent 23 years in the occupation prisons before he was released in the Wafa al-Ahrar deal. He is considered one of the well-known political and cultural elites, as he emerged among the cultural elites as a writer and analyst. A politician, he has a number of books and scientific research specialized in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and he is the director of the Atlas Center for Israeli Studies.