Mohammed Hatem

Mohammed Hatem (born 2004 or 2005), also known by his username Gym Rat in Gaza, is a Palestinian fitness influencer, who gained attention by airing English-language videos of himself exercising to become an amateur bodybuilder despite the ongoing Gaza war.

Hatem was a first year college student when his education was interrupted by the 2023 Gaza war, and the destruction of his university and family house. To control what he could, in 2024 Hatem started an Instagram channel documenting his bodybuilding, with what equipment he could get among the rubble. His videos have received international attention, hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views. In 2025 he began coaching international fitness clients remotely, though due to the Gaza Strip famine cannot himself follow the diet recommendations he gives them.