Who are the Moog 4?
The Moog 4 are:
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Iain Evans, from Yorkshire
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Hisham Alkhamesi, from Leicester
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Frank Sherman, from East Sussex
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Hana Yun-Stevens, from London
They came from different backgrounds - an aerospace engineer who had worked for a company that had supplied Moog; a student whose grandfather had founded the Yemeni Red Crescent, and who had died while unable to receive medical support due to an embargo; a gardener who had worked as a volunteer helping refugees in camps near Calais; and a recent graduate who had worked in care homes during the COVID epidemic and whose mother had grown up in Korea during the military dictatorship there.
They decided to take action because they wanted to save lives.
In the words of Frank Sherman in their closing statement:
"I believed then and now that I was upholding International Humanitarian Law. I will always in my heart know using care and intention to disarm the factory is not criminal.
And yet still i have accepted the repercussions that have already unfolded.
And I will accept the repercussions that could be ahead.
None of what I have already faced or could face (if you do decide without any doubt that I am guilty) can compare to how I would feel if I had not taken action."
The Moog 4 feel strongly that it is important to keep in mind that the real victims - and the real heroes - are the ordinary Palestinian people who have been trying to live their lives amid appalling violence, bloodshed and repression. Each of them therefore wore a T-shirt printed with the face of an individual Palestinian victim of the genocide.
Raghad al-Jabri
Killed 11 December 2023
Raghad Ahmed Naeem Al-Jabri was a Palestinian teenager from Khan Younis whose story became known internationally after she travelled to the United States as a child to receive life-changing surgery. Born with a condition affecting her legs, Raghad was unable to walk until volunteers from the Palestine Children's Relief Fund helped arrange treatment at Shriners Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. Following months of surgery and rehabilitation, she learned to walk for the first time, later returning to Gaza where she attended school, played wheelchair basketball and became known for her determination and optimism.
In December 2023, while her family was attempting to reach safety in southern Gaza, the building in which they were sheltering was struck during an Israeli airstrike. Raghad was killed alongside her mother and five siblings, leaving her father as the sole surviving immediate family member. Her death prompted tributes from the South Carolina community that had supported her treatment and became, for many, a symbol of both resilience and the human cost of the war.
Hossam Shabat
Killed 24 March 2025
Hossam Shabat was a Palestinian journalist who reported on the Gaza war for Al Jazeera Mubasher and contributed to Drop Site News. Despite repeated displacement, the destruction of his family's business and the deaths of numerous relatives, he continued reporting from northern Gaza throughout the conflict, becoming one of the best-known young Palestinian journalists documenting events on the ground. His reporting reached an international audience at a time when foreign journalists had little or no access to Gaza.
On 24 March 2025 his vehicle was struck in what witnesses described as a targeted airstrike near Beit Lahia. The following day the IDF confirmed that it had deliberately targeted him, alleging he had participated in terrorist activity. His death was widely condemned by press freedom organisations and became part of the broader debate over the protection of journalists during armed conflict.
Refaat Alareer
Killed 6 December 2023
Refaat Alareer was a Palestinian writer, poet, academic and professor of English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. Educated in Gaza, London and Malaysia, he dedicated much of his career to mentoring young Palestinian writers and co-founded the international writing project We Are Not Numbers, which paired aspiring authors in Gaza with experienced writers around the world. Through his teaching, writing and public appearances, he became one of the most prominent English-language literary voices from Gaza.
Alareer was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 6 December 2023 together with several members of his family. Shortly before his death he wrote the poem If I Must Die, which was translated into hundreds of languages and became one of the most widely shared literary works to emerge from the Gaza war. His death was mourned internationally by writers, academics and human rights advocates, and he is remembered as an influential teacher whose work sought to ensure that Palestinian stories were heard beyond Gaza.
Adnan al-Bursh
Killed c. 19 April 2024
Dr Adnan al-Bursh was a leading Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon and head of orthopaedics at Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest medical centre. Widely respected by colleagues, he continued treating patients throughout the war despite repeated attacks on Gaza's hospitals, moving between medical facilities as they came under siege. In addition to his clinical work, he served as an adviser to the Palestinian national football team and was regarded as one of Gaza's most experienced orthopaedic specialists.
In December 2023 Israeli forces detained Dr al-Bursh after evacuating Al-Awda Hospital, where he had been treating patients. He died approximately four months later while in Israeli custody at Ofer Prison. Palestinian authorities, human rights organisations and United Nations experts have called for an independent investigation, alleging he died following torture or other mistreatment, while the Israeli Prison Service has not accepted those allegations. His death drew widespread international attention and highlighted concerns over the treatment of detained medical personnel during the conflict.