Nidal Fathi Farhat was born on April 8, 1971 in the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza. He is the son of the preacher and politician Maryam Muhaisen (Farhat), known as the “Khansa of Palestine” Nidal participated in the first Palestinian Intifada in 1987, accompanied by his brothers, with the encouragement of their mother.
He joined the ranks of the Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades on February 5, 1993, and supervised number of martyrdom operations.