Abbas "congratulates" released Palestinian prisoner terrorist and attempted suicide-bomber Rami Ibrahim Khalil Hijazi

Official PA TV News

Official PA TV newsreader: “The occupation forces released prisoner Rami Hijazi (i.e., terrorist and would-be suicide bomber) from the Gaza Strip after he served 20 years in the Israeli prison.”

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Visual:

A large tent set up to welcome released terrorist prisoner Rami Hijazi is shown, featuring a large sign with a picture of Hijazi on the left and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on the right, as well as the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine.”

Text on sign: “His Honor [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas congratulates released prisoner Rami Ibrahim Khalil Hijazi for his release from the occupation’s prisons”

Rami Hijazi – Algerian-born terrorist and Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (Fatah’s military wing) member who attempted to carry out a suicide bombing in Be’er Sheva on May 1, 2002. Hijazi was arrested together with a Palestinian terrorist accomplice on their way to carry out the attack at an Israeli checkpoint in the Gaza Strip. The two had 90 kg. of explosives in suicide belts in their car. Previously Hijazi together with a relative shot and wounded an Israeli civilian driving in a car and shot at an Israeli border police vehicle on Feb. 20, 2002. Hijazi served 20 years in prison and was released on April 30, 2022.