Wa'el was the nom de guerre of a young Palestinian whom Outlook's Pinhas Inbari met in a militant camp in Nablus, about two years back. He was then training to become a suicide bomber. Wa'el, though, was killed by the Israeli security before he could fulfil his mission. Excerpts from the interview, which provides an insight into the mind of a would-be bomber.
When was it exactly that you decided to become a martyr?
Didn't you have second thoughts?
You are young; a whole life is ahead of you.
Don't you have dreams other than death and martyrdom?
What about the innocent people you are going to kill?
How will all this end?
