Warning: Graphic images: Hamas threatens “flood” of suicide bombings: “Our Flood of Martyrdom Operations Will Drown You”
Warning: Graphic images
Two weeks before Oct. 7, 2024, which marks a year since Hamas' atrocities in southern Israel, the terror organization threatened Israel with a "flood" of suicide bombings. To give weight to its threat, it posted the above video showing pictures from past suicide bombings and pictures of terrorists who committed or organized suicide bombings, with following captions identifying each suicide bombing:
"The 2001 Jerusalem operation" (i.e., unspecified terror attack)
"The 1994 Tel Aviv operation" (i.e., Oct. 19, 1994, bus bombing, 22 murdered)
"The 2002 Emanuel operation" (i.e., July 16, 2002, bus bombing, 9 murdered)
"The 2002 Safed operation" (i.e., Aug. 4, 2002, bus bombing, 9 murdered)
"The 2024 Tel Aviv operation" (i.e., Aug. 18, 2024, suicide bombing, 1 wounded)
"The 2024 Karmei Tzur operation" (i.e., Aug. 30, 2024, car bombing, 2 wounded)
"The 2024 Gush Etzion operation" (i.e., Aug. 30, 2024, car bombing, 1 wounded)
Hamas' video also features an unidentified would-be suicide bomber who threatens a wave of suicide bombing attacks, or as he puts it, "a flood of Martyrdom-seeking operations, which will deprive [the enemy] of sleep in his home":
Unidentified would-be suicide bomber: "I give my life cheaply on the path of Almighty Allah. We say to the criminal enemy (i.e., Israel) that every passing day of the aggression against our relatives and our people in the Gaza Strip (i.e., in the 2023 Gaza war) multiplies the bill of blood and revenge, and nothing will be accepted in exchange for blood except blood… We in the [Hamas military wing] Martyr Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades say to the thieving enemy that the waterfall of blood flowing over the land of the Gaza Strip will be answered with a flood of Martyrdom-seeking operations, which will deprive [the enemy] of sleep in his home.
This is Jihad – victory or Martyrdom.
Your son, a living Martyr, Allah willing, …a member of the Martyr Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades."
[Hamas, Telegram channel, Sept. 18, 2024]
This video also includes part of the farewell video of Hamas suicide bomber Jaafar Muna, previously exposed by Palestinian Media Watch, who wounded one Israeli when he detonated his bomb outside a synagogue in Tel Aviv on Aug. 18, 2024. Muna imagined that his "bones would become shrapnel and blow up the thieving Zionist Jews":
Threatening Israelis directly in Hebrew, English and Arabic, Hamas posted:
"(In Arabic:) The flood of Martyrdom-seekers (i.e., suicide bombers) will drown you
(In Hebrew:) The flood of Martyrs will drown you
(In English:) Our Martyrdom Operations Flood Will Drown You
(In Arabic:) #Al-Aqsa_Flood [Hamas' name for Oct. 7, 2023 attack] )"
Because Hamas' Oct. 7 attack has brought near destruction to the terror organization in Gaza and it is less able to fight Israel, Hamas is now attempting to initiate suicide bombings in the West Bank where there is still wide support for terror. A full 73% there still think the decision to attack Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, was the "correct decision."
"The 1994 Tel Aviv operation" refers to the suicide bombing of bus no 5 on Oct. 19, 1994, in which 22 Israelis were murdered and 47 wounded.
"The 2002 Emanuel operation" refers to a bombing and shooting attack against bus no 189 on July 16, 2002, in which 9 Israelis were murdered and 20 wounded.
"The 2002 Safed operation" refers to the suicide bombing at the Meron Junction of bus no 361 on Aug. 4, 2002, in which 9 Israelis murdered and 51 wounded.
The excerpt of the farewell video is from August 2024 by suicide bomber Jaafar Muna, who wounded 1 in Tel Aviv.
"The 2024 Karmei Tzur operation" refers to a car bombing on Aug. 30, 2024, in which 2 Israelis were wounded.
"The 2024 Gush Etzion operation" refers to a car bombing on Aug. 30, 2024, in which 1 Israeli was wounded.