Saad Sayel (Arabic: سعد صایل; died in 1982) was a Palestinian commander and former Jordanian army officer who served as head of the Fatah security apparatus.
He played a prominent role in rebuilding the PLO's military apparatus and training troops alongside Yasser Arafat, Khalil al-Wazir, Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar and others.
[6] In June 1982, after the Israeli forces besieged Beirut, Saad Sayel was the leading Fatah commander along with Yasser Arafat and Khalil Wazir.
After passing through the city Riyaq, near the Syria border, Between Talia and Safri villages, about 500 meters to the Syrian army checkpoint, a number of armed forces who had already lurked in the area fired on three Benz and Jeep escorts carrying Saad Sayel.
They destroyed the graves of the Palestinian revolution martyrs who had been buried there for 65 years, including Fathi Shaqaqi, Saad Sayel, Khalil al-Wazir and Zuheir Mohsen, in pretext of confronting the manifestations of disbelief.
[4][6] While condemning these ugly acts contrary to the religious principles and customs, the Saad Sayel's family called on all Syrian freedom fighters to take revenge for this heinous crime against the ISIS terrorist group.
[10] Also, Ezzat al-Rashq one of the Hamas leaders, in response to this event announced: We strongly condemn the demolition of al-Shehda's tomb and the grave of two Palestinian martyrs "Khalil al-Wazir" and "Saad Sayel".