 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mashal akaberekwa muna 1956 muSilwad muJordanian-yakagarwa West Bank. Akaenda kuSilwad Elementary School kusvika mugiredhi rechishanu. Baba vake, Abd al-Qadir Mashal, aiva murimi fellah uye akanga atamira kuKuwait muna 1957 kuti ashande mune zvokurima uye somupristi. Akanga atora rutivi mukumukira kwevaArab muna 1936 kusvika muna 1939nomutungamiri wechiPalestine wevapanduki Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni. 