Young Palestinian children and youth taught to celebrate Hamas’ terror war on Israel
Pictures from processions in Nablus in the West Bank show Palestinians “celebrating the Al-Aqsa Flood operation” – Hamas’ name for its massacre and terror war on Israel.
Palestinians supporting the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 brought their young children along, thus teaching them that Hamas’ actions - murder of at least 1,400, wounding of at least 3,500, and capturing of 212 hostages, among them numerous civilians – should be encouraged and approved. The following are photos from the procession in Nablus celebrating murder, rape, and burning alive of innocent Israelis. The text by the independent news agency Palestine Post accompanying the photos explains the atrocities are cause for “celebration”:
“#Pictures – processions set out in Nablus celebrating the Al-Aqsa Flood operation (Hamas' name for its terror war against Israel-Ed.)”
[“Palestine Post,” Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
A small child dressed in a military uniform, wearing a green Hamas headband featuring the symbol of the Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas’ military wing). The child is holding up one finger, signifying Allah.
A youth wearing a white headband of “the Lion’s Den,” an independent Palestinian terror cell largely based in Nablus. (See note below.) The headband includes the terror cell’s logo, featuring crossed assault rifles over the Dome of the Rock.
A man waving a white flag of “the Lion’s Den” featuring its logo.
A youth making a “V” for “victory.”
A masked youth holding an assault rifle, which could either be real or a toy.
[“Palestine Post,” Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Palestinian Media Watch has exposed that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement supports Hamas’ massacre on Israelis and that its terror wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, has bragged it helped Hamas carrying it out. Fatah’s Brigades have also called to “strike the sons of apes and pigs [and] slaughter everyone who is Israeli,” while Fatah’s Student Movement has called for terror in the West Bank.
Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 1,200 Israelis, including over 1,000 civilians, were murdered and over 4,800 wounded, in addition to approximately 244 who were abducted into the Gaza Strip (including 110 later released or liberated and at least 26 later killed), in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. During the massacre the terrorists tortured, raped, shot, beheaded, and burned their victims alive, murdering entire families and leaving at least 21 children without parents. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north. Occasional rocket launches and shootings continued from Lebanon throughout the war. A ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal began on Nov. 24, 2023, in which Israel agreed to release 150 terrorist prisoners, pause drone surveillance in the Gaza Strip, and allow movement between the northern and southern Gaza Strip, in return for 50 Israeli female and child hostages held by Hamas. The deal was subsequently extended with additional releases, until Hamas violated the agreement and resumed attacking on Dec. 1, 2023.
The Lion's Den - an independent Palestinian terror cell largely based in Nablus. It has not stated an official affiliation and its members come from a variety of terror organizations, including Fatah's military wing the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. The Lion's Den was responsible for numerous shooting attacks mainly in the West Bank beginning in 2022, with an uptick in shootings during September-October 2022. Two of the main founders of the cell were Fatah terrorists Muhammad Al-Azizi and Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, both killed in shootouts with Israeli forces on July 24, 2022 and Aug. 9, 2022 respectively.