Background
Bandak was born into a Palestinian Christian family on January 13, 1979 in Bethlehem.
Bandak was born into a Palestinian Christian family on January 13, 1979 in Bethlehem.
He is a Greek Orthodox Christian. He has an older brother named Khader. Chris" mother abandoned them when he was one years old.
As a result of conviction for crimes related to this involvement he was imprisoned by Israel on February 6, 2003.
He was released in 2011 as part of an exchange for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
He was reportedly a leader of the First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Aqsa Martyrs" Brigades and the Tanzim, both resistance wings of the Fatah movement.