14-year-old “Martyr” always said: “I want to join the Martyrs,” father says his peers “will follow the path of the Martyrs”
Official PA TV, interview with the father and grandmother of 14-year-old dead terrorist Yazan Akkoub, who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers
Father of terrorist Yazan Akkoub: “Praise Allah, [my son Yazan] died as a Martyr. Allah will receive him as a Martyr, a Martyr of all Palestine... We are all potential Martyrs. Not just [my son] Yazan, everyone who is standing here, we are all potential Martyrs. Allah willing, we will continue this path… All those you see here. All of them will follow the path of the Martyrs, Allah wiling.” …
Grandmother of terrorist Yazan Akkoub: “Today the dream of [every] child is to be a Martyr. [Yazan] always said: ‘I want to join Jasser (23-year-old Martyr) and Ghaith (16-year-old Martyr), I want to join the Martyrs.’ Every time we spoke with him he said this.”
[Official PA TV, Dec. 3, 2023]
Yazan Akkoub – 14-year-old Palestinian terrorist who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers at a security checkpoint near Nablus on Dec. 2, 2023. The soldiers shot and killed Akkoub in self-defense, thereby ending his attack.
Jasser Qan’ir – 23-year-old terrorist who shot at Israeli soldiers together with terrorist Muhammad Abu Bakr - 23-year-old terrorist and member of the independent terror cell “the Lion’s Den,” who resisted arrest and initiated a gun battle with Israeli forces in Nablus on Feb. 22, 2023. In the exchange of fire he and 11 other Palestinians were killed, most of them members of the terror cell.
Ghaith Rafiq Yamin – 16-year-old Palestinian terrorist who threw a Molotov cocktail at Israeli soldiers while participating in a violent Arab riot in Nablus on May 25, 2022. The soldiers shot and killed Yamin in self-defense. The rioters were attempting to attack Jews visiting Joseph’s Tomb. Yamin actively sought to die as a Martyr and left a will on his social media accounts with instructions to relatives and friends about what to do with his body after his death.