The PA covers up murder, while Hamas celebrates it and congratulates the murderer
A few days ago, a Palestinian terrorist veered his truck into an Israeli soldier and murdered him. Hamas immediately glorified the "heroic" murderer, while the Palestinian Authority just as quickly covered up the murder as a "car accident" and libeled Israel for "executing" the driver.
Look at the video. Who do you believe?
Warning: Viewer's discretion advised!
[Palestine Post, Telegram channel, Sep. 11, 2024]
Hamas' praise of the murderous attack:
"The heroic car ramming operation… led to the killing of an [Israeli] soldier and the wounding of others"
"A natural response to the occupation's (i.e., Israel's) crimes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank"
"A new heroic operation that joins the record of our resistance"
"The perseverance of the resistance's operations… proves the resistance's ability to kill the enemy"
"Indeed this is jihad; victory or Martyrdom"
[Hamas, Telegram channel, Sept. 11, 2024]
PA TV's news report denying the attack:
"The occupation (i.e., Israeli) forces opened fire at Palestinian truck driver [Hayel Deifallah]… and claimed that he carried out a car ramming operation, but eyewitnesses claim that it is more likely that what happened was a car accident"
"This is the [Israeli] version we always hear: That the driver of the car or truck carried out a ramming attack, and [the Israelis] immediately execute the driver on this pretext."
[Official PA TV, Sept. 11, 2024]
Palestinian Media Watch has reported numerous times on the PA's denial of terror attacks and their presentation of them as Israeli "fabrications." The PA has even denied Hamas' massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, in which terrorists murdered more than 1,100 people.
The following are longer excerpts of the two items cited above:
Official PA TV host: "The occupation (i.e., Israeli) forces opened fire at Palestinian truck driver [Hayel Deifallah] (i.e., terrorist, murdered 1) in the northern Ramallah district and claimed that he carried out a car ramming operation, but eyewitnesses claim that it is more likely that what happened was a car accident, and that the occupation army opened fire at the truck driver. This is the [Israeli] version we always hear: That the driver of the car or truck carried out a ramming attack, and [the Israelis] immediately execute the driver on this pretext."
[Official PA TV, Sept. 11, 2024]
Posted text: "In the name of All Merciful Allah – a press release
The heroic car ramming operation at the military Beit El checkpoint next to Ramallah, which led to the killing of an [Israeli] soldier and the wounding of others (refers to terrorist Hayel Deifallah murdering 1 -Ed.), is a natural response to the occupation's (i.e., Israel's) crimes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank (refers to the 2023 Gaza war; see note below -Ed.), and it proves that the spark of the resistance yet burns, and that the aggression will not bring the occupation security in our land.
While eulogizing the heroic Martyrs of Tubas who ascended to Heaven, … we consider these operations (i.e., terror attacks) an appropriate response to massacres such as these against our people, and they are tantamount to a new heroic operation that joins the record of our resistance…
The perseverance of the resistance's operations, and their blows to the occupation in more than one place, as part of the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle (Hamas' name for its terror war against Israel -Ed.), proves the resistance's ability to kill the enemy…
We call to crowd the ranks under the choice of resistance to the occupation, and to ignite the arenas of confrontation and defiance by all means (i.e., including terror) until removing [the occupation] from our land and our holy sites.
Indeed this is jihad; victory or Martyrdom
The Islamic Resistance Movement – ‘Hamas'
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024
Hamas – official website"
[Hamas, Telegram channel, Sept. 11, 2024]