“If we die, we will die as Martyrs,” declares young daughter of Hamas spokesman
Text and video posted on the Facebook page of Hamas Ministry of Internal Affairs Spokesman Iyad Al-Buzum
Posted text: “A message from my daughter, Lama, on the tenth day of the war (refers to Hamas rocket barrages on Israeli cities; see note below -Ed.).”
Video:
Lama Al-Buzum: “[The Israelis] thought that with death and destruction we would submit, but that will never happen and we will remain to stand firm in the powerful Gaza Strip and defend Jerusalem, the Sheikh Jarrah [neighborhood of Jerusalem], and the Al-Aqsa Mosque – the [destination] of our Prophet Muhammad’s Night Journey…
If we die, we will die as Martyrs for the sake of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. And if we live, we will live in dignity and glory. Despite the fear, the bombings, and the destruction, we have hope to return to our land. We will return to Palestine, we will return to the land of the ancestors, we will return to the land that we have loved [even] without seeing it, because the spirit of our ancestors and our ancestors’ ancestors is there.We will return to Ashkelon, Haifa, Jaffa, Safed, and Beit Shean (i.e., all Israeli cities) – to all of Palestine, and we will pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
When the occupying Jews occupied our land, they said: ‘The adults will die and the children will forget.’ Today we tell them: It is true, the adults died, but they taught us and raised us not to forget our land. These children have grown, and we are the ones who will return to our land Palestine from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea: the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the 1948 [territories] (i.e., Israel). We tell them: All of Palestine is one, and Israel will be destroyed.”
Lama is the daughter of Hamas Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesman Iyad Al-Buzum who posted this video.