Dead teen terrorist “desired” Martyrdom, says uncle

Official PA TV News, interview with Mahmoud Abu Asab, the uncle of terrorist Muhammad Daoud Abu Asab who participated in violent confrontations with Israeli forces

Mahmoud Abu Asab, uncle of terrorist Muhammad Daoud Abu Asab: “Every person in Palestine was proud on behalf of Muhammad [Daoud Abu Asab] (i.e., terrorist). Praise Allah Master of the Universe, Our Lord agreed to receive him as a Martyr, because he desired this. Every day he would go to the grave of his cousin, who died as a Martyr a year and a half ago, and say: ‘I am coming to you, my friend, and Allah willing we will meet soon.’”

[Official PA TV News, Aug. 19, 2023]

Muhammad Daoud Abu Asab – 19-year-old Palestinian terrorist and Fatah member who participated in violent riots, in which terrorists shot at Israeli forces who were guarding Jews visiting Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus on Aug. 16, 2023. The forces returned fire, wounding Abu Asab who died of his wounds on Aug. 19, 2023. Pictures circulated after his death showed Abu Asab posing with assault rifles.

The cousin “Martyr” referred to is
Nader Rayyan – 17-year-old Palestinian terrorist who shot with a handgun at Israeli security forces conducting arrests of terror suspects in the Balata refugee camp on March 15, 2022. Rayyan was killed when the forces returned fire in self-defense.