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Al-Qastal Battle: The battle of Al-Qastal is names after the village in which it took place. Currently, the village was captured by the Jewish militia to secure the way in and out of Jerusalem, which at the time was surrounded by Arab forces. After the village was secured by the Jewish forces, several volunteers under the command of Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini launched a counter attack in an attempt to restore the strategic location. Al-Qastal became especially well-known mainly because it is the battle in which the prominent guerilla leader Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini was killed.