All Palestinians consider “weapons as an ornament” at home as well as defense
Director of Palestinian Center for Strategic Studies Muhammad Al-Masri: "In every Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip there is a weapon, even before Oct. 7, [2023] (i.e., Hamas' launch of Oct. 7 war), because now we know that the Palestinian from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip considers weapons as an ornament. He sells his wife's gold and buys a weapon, not only for defense, but also to have its symbolism."
[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, Jan. 5, 2026]
Muhammad Al-Masri is also a former head of PA intelligence in the Gaza Strip and former deputy head of PA general intelligence.