Palestinian father celebrates the death of his family as “Martyrs,” hands out candy

A Palestinian man hands out sweets and shouts "There is no God but Allah" and "Allahu Akbar" (“Allah is greatest”).

Text on screen: "A Palestinian man distributes candies after his wife and children died as Martyrs."

Man: "We, our sons and daughters are dead. And we [also] want to die now. We want to die now. No uprooting. Do you [Israel] want to attack Al-Shifaa [Hospital]? Attack! … We are carrying out Ribat (i.e., religious conflict over land claimed to be Islamic) from today and forever. This is our land. "

Interviewer: "Why did you distribute candies?"

Man: "Because all my children and my wife died as Martyrs. I have only one son left… These are candies for the souls of the Martyrs."

[Al-Jazeera (Arabic), Twitter, Oct. 24, 2023]

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Palestinian father celebrates the death of his family as “Martyrs,” hands out candy

A Palestinian man hands out sweets and shouts "There is no God but Allah" and "Allahu Akbar" (“Allah is greatest”).

Text on screen: "A Palestinian man distributes candies after his wife and children died as Martyrs."

Man: "We, our sons and daughters are dead. And we [also] want to die now. We want to die now. No uprooting. Do you [Israel] want to attack Al-Shifaa [Hospital]? Attack! … We are carrying out Ribat (i.e., religious conflict over land claimed to be Islamic) from today and forever. This is our land. "

Interviewer: "Why did you distribute candies?"

Man: "Because all my children and my wife died as Martyrs. I have only one son left… These are candies for the souls of the Martyrs."

[Al-Jazeera (Arabic), Twitter, Oct. 24, 2023]