Abdallah Salem (Arabic: عبد الله الأصبح) is a prominent Palestinian rebel born in the village of Al-Ja'una

Al-Ja'una

Al-Ja'una or Ja'ouna , was a Palestinian village situated in Galilee on the slopes of Mount Canaan near al-Houleh Plateau, overlooking the Jordan Valley. The village lay on a beautiful hill side 450–500 meters above sea level, 5 kilometers east of Safad near a major road connecting Safad with...

 near Safad in 1910. He participated in the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial forces in Syria in 1925, in Al-Qassam Revolt (Izz ad-Din al-Qassam

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam

Sheikh Muhammad Izz ad-Din al-Qassam was a Tijani Sufi who led militant activities against British, French, and Zionist organizations in the Levant in the 1920's and 1930's.-Early life:...

) in Palestine in 1935, and the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. He was killed in the Battle of Khirbet Rakhson (Arabic:معركة خربة رخصون).

Abdallh Al-Asbah is also known for fighting several battles alongside with Sa'ed Al-Aas(Arabic:سعيد العاص)

His Battles

Wadi Laymoon Battle (Arabic:معركة وادي اللیمون)

Safyieh Battle (Arabic:معركة الصفیة)

Jarn Halaweh Battle (Arabic: معركة جرن حلاوة)

Wadi Tawahim Battle (Arabic: معركة وادي الطواحین)

Al-Nabi Yusha'

Al-Nabi Yusha'

-History:During the late eighteenth century, a family known as al-GhuI established the shrine for Nabi Yusha’ , which included a mosque and a building for visitors, as an act of devotion...

 Battle(Arabic: معركة النبي یوشع)

Nweiriyeh Battle (Arabic: معركة النویریة )

Jabal Jarmaq Battle (Arabic: معركة جبل الجرمق)

His Death

Following Nabi Yusha' battle, the British Army offered a reward of 1000 Palestinian Pound for Al-Asbah, dead or alive. In April 1938, Al-Asbah was surrounded by 1000 British troops, along with 50 rebels at a forest near Jarmaq Mountains adjacent to the village of Khirbet Rikhsoon (Arabic: خربة رخصون). The battle lasted 3 days, during which the British Army used artillery and airplanes to bomb the rebels. Al-Asbah was killed from a shrapnel on April 27, 1938. The rebels were able to remove his body from the battle scene for burial in the village of Sa'sa'

Sa'sa'

Sa'sa was a Palestinian village, located 12 kilometres northwest of Safed that was depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war...

 (Arabic: سعسع).

Popular Palestinian folk song described Abdallah Al-Asbah:

أبو العبد بالمتراس واقف كت اللحم وضل العضم واقف


يا ريتك يا بو العبد بقيت واقف وصوتك يرعد جيوش العدا


أبو العبد ياسور بلكون متلك ماربي وماصار بالكون حدا


يوم تزعق بصوتك عليهم كل مين شاربه عالي وطي

Al-Asbah did not have any children. His widow lived in Al-Ja'una

Al-Ja'una

Al-Ja'una or Ja'ouna , was a Palestinian village situated in Galilee on the slopes of Mount Canaan near al-Houleh Plateau, overlooking the Jordan Valley. The village lay on a beautiful hill side 450–500 meters above sea level, 5 kilometers east of Safad near a major road connecting Safad with...

 until the 1948 exudes, when she moved to Yarmouk (camp)

Yarmouk (camp)

Yarmouk Camp is a district of the city of Damascus, populated by Palestinians, with hospitals and schools. It is located 8 kilometers from the center of Damascus and inside the municipal boundaries but when established in 1957 was outside the surrounding city...

 for Palestinian refugee

Palestinian refugee

Palestinian refugees or Palestine refugees are the people and their descendants, predominantly Palestinian Arabic-speakers, who fled or were expelled from their homes during and after the 1948 Palestine War, within that part of the British Mandate of Palestine, that after that war became the...

s near Damascus in Syria.