- Hamas leader abroad Khaled Mashaal encourages renewal of suicide attacks against Israelis
- Video guide illustrates "the way to carry out a successful heroic operation against the buses"
SEP 19, 2024, Palestinian Media Watch | As Hamas has been thoroughly defeated militarily in Gaza, the Head of Hamas' Political Bureau abroad Khaled Mashaal is encouraging Palestinians to return to suicide attacks – "Martyrdom operations" - all over the State of Israel and around the world:
Head of Hamas Political Bureau Abroad Khaled Mashaal: "What is required today in the West Bank, the 1948 territories (i.e., Israel), and the diaspora is an escalation of this struggle. In the West Bank we have already seen a successful start, a few Martyrdom-seeking operations (i.e., suicide attacks). We want a return to the Martyrdom-seeking operations. The situation requires an open struggle. They [the Israelis] are waging an open struggle against us... We have unleashed all forms of resistance and foremost among them the Martyrdom-seeking operations."
[Abdulaziz Mucahit, X (Twitter), Aug. 28, 2024]
Seeking attacks in Israel is a tactic for Fatah and Hamas, especially since the Gaza war began. A month after Hamas' massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, a Hamas-affiliated Telegram channel, posted a video guide and demonstration for young Palestinians, instructing them how to attack and murder Israeli civilians on busses in Israel:
Text on screen:
"1. Attacking a bus of settlers
The wolf (i.e., terrorist) gets on the bus disguised in settlers' clothing
Scanning [the bus] to identity the targets without drawing attention""2. Attacking a bus of settlers when it is stopped at a station
Shooting the driver first of all"Posted text: "The buses of the occupier (i.e., Israel) – precious prey
Presented to you, young people of Palestine: The way to carry out
a successful heroic operation (i.e., terror attack)
against the buses of the occupier and its settlers.
What are you waiting for?"["Our Martyrs – Our Moons" Telegram channel (Hamas-affiliated), Nov. 6, 2023]
Both Fatah and Hamas justify terror attacks against Israeli citizens everywhere as legitimate tactics toward the goal of eliminating Israel, as Palestinian Media Watch has documented.
Al-Jazeera TV senior correspondent in Turkey Abdulaziz Mucahit posted the video of Head of Hamas Political Bureau Abroad Khaled Mashaal giving a speech in Turkey, but later deleted it.
As Hamas has been thoroughly defeated militarily in Gaza, the Head of Hamas' Political Bureau abroad Khaled Mashaal is encouraging Palestinians to return to suicide attacks – "Martyrdom operations" - all over the State of Israel and around the world:
Head of Hamas Political Bureau Abroad Khaled Mashaal: "What is required today in the West Bank, the 1948 territories (i.e., Israel), and the diaspora is an escalation of this struggle. In the West Bank we have already seen a successful start, a few Martyrdom-seeking operations (i.e., suicide attacks). We want a return to the Martyrdom-seeking operations. The situation requires an open struggle. They [the Israelis] are waging an open struggle against us... We have unleashed all forms of resistance and foremost among them the Martyrdom-seeking operations."
[Abdulaziz Mucahit, X (Twitter), Aug. 28, 2024]
Seeking attacks in Israel is a tactic for Fatah and Hamas, especially since the Gaza war began. A month after Hamas' massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, a Hamas-affiliated Telegram channel, posted a video guide and demonstration for young Palestinians, instructing them how to attack and murder Israeli civilians on busses in Israel:
Text on screen:
"1. Attacking a bus of settlers
The wolf (i.e., terrorist) gets on the bus disguised in settlers' clothing
Scanning [the bus] to identity the targets without drawing attention""2. Attacking a bus of settlers when it is stopped at a station
Shooting the driver first of all"Posted text: "The buses of the occupier (i.e., Israel) – precious prey
Presented to you, young people of Palestine: The way to carry out
a successful heroic operation (i.e., terror attack)
against the buses of the occupier and its settlers.
What are you waiting for?"["Our Martyrs – Our Moons" Telegram channel (Hamas-affiliated), Nov. 6, 2023]
Both Fatah and Hamas justify terror attacks against Israeli citizens everywhere as legitimate tactics toward the goal of eliminating Israel, as Palestinian Media Watch has documented.
Al-Jazeera TV senior correspondent in Turkey Abdulaziz Mucahit posted the video of Head of Hamas Political Bureau Abroad Khaled Mashaal giving a speech in Turkey, but later deleted it.