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Official PA TV honors mother of 4 terrorists who were imprisoned for life

Official PA TV program Giants of Endurance interviewed Latifa Abu Hmeid
Official PA TV host: “The warrior family, the family which deserves that every Palestinian stand by its side and assist it, a source of pride to all of us, the Palestinian Al-Khansa family, Um Nasser Abu Hmeid. Allow me to welcome you with utmost pride, you are the ideal of the Palestinian woman, a flag we wave high.
Mrs. Um Nasser Abu Hmeid - her sons Sharif, Nasser, Nasr, and Muhammad are at this moment in the darkness of prison, all of them serving life sentences. Your sons are a sign of honor on our chest, an honor to us all.”

Notes: Um Yousuf Abu Hmeid (Latifa Abu Hmeid) - The mother of four prisoners serving multiple life sentences. She is also called Khansa of Palestine (referring to a woman in the earliest period of Islam who sent her four sons to battle and rejoiced when they all died as Martyrs), honored in 2010 and in 2015 by the PA, and was chosen in 2011 to launch the PA’s statehood campaign with the UN.

Descriptions of Abu Hmeid’s imprisoned sons:
Muhammad Abu Hmeid is serving 2 life sentences and 30 years for involvement in terror attacks.

Nasser Abu Hmeid was a commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (Fatah's military wing) in Ramallah and is serving 7 life sentences and 50 years for killing 7 Israeli civilians and 12 attempted murders.

Nasr Abu Hmeid was a member of Tanzim (Fatah terror faction) and is serving 5 life sentences for involvement in two terror attacks and arms dealing.

Sharif Abu Hmeid was a member of one of his brothers' units that carried out terror attacks against civilians and soldiers. He is serving 4 life sentences for accompanying a suicide bomber to his attack in March 2002.

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