Israel deliberately releases “genetically developed rodents” into Gaza to harm civilians - Fatah official’s libel

Fatah-run Awdah TV host: "We welcome our guest [Palestine] Broadcasting Corporation Director in [the Gaza Strip] Rafat Al-Qudra… What about the diseases spreading among the civilians between the tents… by the spread of rodents and mice between and inside the tents?"

Palestine Broadcasting Corporation Director in the Gaza Strip Rafat Al-Qudra: "A video was published by one of the civilians showing a new type of these mice...The Israeli occupation responded to this, or the Israeli media… that these rodents or large mice, also known as jerboa are genetically developed and introduced into the Gaza Strip… Where did these come from? ... No one is interested in the spread of these diseases and these rodents and insects, other than the Israeli occupation to add a new war on the civilians… [They] commit new crimes by introducing diseases and epidemics and spreading them among the civilians, through these insects and rodents."

[Fatah-run Awdah TV, Facebook page, May 21, 2026]