Four young girls, approximately 4 to 6 years old, are seen carrying a younger girl in an infant seat that is supposed to resemble a stretcher. The baby in the seat is the dead “Martyr.”
Text on screen: "The children of Gaza explain the Martyr game."
Girls (giggling): "The Martyr is the beloved of Allah."
Man: "What are you playing?"
Girl 1: "We're playing Martyr."
Girl 2 (giggling): "We're playing. This is my sister, she has to be the child [Martyr]. We carry her and play."
Man: "What do you tell her?"
Girls: "The Martyr is the beloved of Allah."
Man: "Okay, go on and put her back in place, quickly."
[Al-Jazeera TV, Twitter account, Oct. 22, 2023]
PMW archive:
Palestinian children play “the Martyr game”
during the PA’s terror campaign (2000-2005)
Official PA TV, July 1, 2002
Palestinian children: " With spirit and blood we will redeem you, oh Martyr! Allahu Akbar!"
PA TV narrator: "That's the Martyr’s game."
[Official PA TV, July 1, 2002]