Screenshot from video The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) released a video on May 27 of a mother of a recently killed Hamas commander applauding “martyrdom” and advocating for people to rip out the hearts of Jews.
According to MEMRI, the video is from Al Jazeera and the mother’s name is Umm Mus’ab Hajjaj, who was speaking at a rally in the Gaza Strip. “I thank Allah for choosing me and honoring me through the martyrdom of my son, a commander in the Al-Qassam Brigades, Mus’ab Muhammad Abu Hajjaj,” she says in the video. The Al-Qassam Brigades is the military wing of Hamas. Hajjaj praised her son for being just like his father, who was killed in the 2008-9 Gaza War. Her son was killed during the recent escalation between Israel and Hamas.
“I vowed that what was in my womb would be dedicated to Allah,” Hajjaj said. “I said: ‘My Lord, grant me a son, and grant him martyrdom for Your sake.’ And indeed, Allah accepted my vow.”
She proceeded to accuse Jews of slaying “the prophets of Allah with one hand” and using the other to distort “their sacred books.” “The time has come to hold them to account. May their hands be paralyzed! May their hearts be ripped out! May their eyes be gouged out! Do not spare them with any [weapon] that Allah gave you!”
From MEMRI.
The mother of a Hamas terrorist celebrates the martyrdom of her son.
She describes praying for a son, for the purpose of martyrdom.
She prays that the eyes and hearts of the Jews will be torn out.
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On May 7, MEMRI released a video showing Fathi Hammad, a Hamas Political Bureau Member and former Minister of the Interior, urging “the people of Jerusalem” to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives” in order to “humiliate the Jewish state.” Multiple pro-Israel Twitter users argued that the video showed that Hamas’ “incitement to commit violence” was the main driver behind the recent conflict.
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