Fatah remembers and glorifies terrorist leader and mass murderer in social media post

Image and text posted on the Facebook page of the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture

Posted text: “Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad’ (i.e., terrorist, responsible for murder of 125) together with leader Saad Sayel ‘Abu Al-Walid’ (i.e., former head of PLO terror forces in Lebanon)

May Almighty Allah’s mercy be upon them”

The image shows terrorists Abu Jihad and Saad Sayel walking together as armed and uniformed men stand in formation in the background.

Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) - was a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization's military wing and also planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks in the 1960s - 1980s. These attacks, in which a total of 125 Israelis were murdered, included the Coastal Road attack that (until Oct. 7, 2023) was the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and murder of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.

Saad Sayel - Senior Fatah commander. He led the PLO forces that were based in Lebanon during the early 1980s.