Martyrs Brigades Member Mourned as Hero
The man, Isam Jawabreh, 24, was a member of Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, and some of his last moments of life were vividly captured by international news organizations. Mr. Jawabreh was shot on Wednesday afternoon in a brief fire fight at the church, in Bethlehem. Later, still alive, he was carried out the Door of Humility and placed a stretcher in front of Israeli infantry and a tank.

During the evacuation, Mr. Jawabreh appeared to roll away from the stretcher bearers and fell onto the asphalt. It was not clear from the film what happened, and it is possible that he was simply dropped. Nonetheless, it was a scene, shown repeatedly on television here this week, that his friends and family have interpreted as his struggle to get back inside the church and continue to fight.

"He did not want to leave, and I am proud that he was defending his homeland when he died," said Nafez Jawabreh, his father.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/international/middleeast/28BETH.html