Official PA Daily glorifies martyrdom of father and son

“Twenty years have passed since the father Salman Qaddum died as a Martyr while participating in an operation (i.e., terror attack) carried out by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, which is affiliated with the Fatah Movement, and the National Resistance Brigades, which is affiliated with the Democratic Front [for the Liberation of Palestine] (DFLP), next to the settlement of Netzarim south of Gaza City. His son Yusuf Salman Qaddum joined him yesterday [Aug. 6, 2022] in an Israeli bombing (refers to Operation Breaking Dawn to weaken Islamic Jihad terror infrastructure; see note below -Ed.)…

[This was] a period of time that lasted from June 13, 2002 – when fighters armed with AK-47 rifles and hand grenades, including Martyr Salman Qaddum, infiltrated the settlement of Netzarim in an attempt to kidnap an Israeli soldier, but they all died as Martyrs – until Aug. 5, 2022, when the son Yusuf Salman Qaddum died as a Martyr…

One of those close to [Yusuf] said: ‘Throughout his entire life Yusuf remembered the heroic acts of his father the Martyr, and he always hoped to join him as a Martyr. He got what he wished for. He would speak a lot about the heroic operation that his father carried out together with four heroes of the Al-Aqsa [Martyrs’] Brigades and the National Resistance Brigades.’”