Female suicide bomber felt “like a bride on her wedding day, preparing to go to her groom”
Terrorist Shifa Al-Qudsi, Tulkarem, 2020: “[They arrested me at 2:]30 at night. My operation (i.e., suicide bombing) was supposed to be at 5:00 in the morning. At 5:00 in the morning I was supposed to go to them, put on the [explosive] belt, and go to Israel.”
Interviewer: “And you weren’t afraid?”
Shifa Al-Qudsi, Tulkarem, 2020: “Not at all. Not even a bit.”
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Text on screen: “Shifa Al-Qudsi | Kishon Prison, 2002”
Shifa Al-Qudsi, Kishon Prison, 2002: “It isn’t suicide.”
Interviewer: “It’s suicide.”
Shifa Al-Qudsi, Kishon Prison, 2002: “No, it’s Martyrdom. A Martyrdom-seeking operation.”
Interviewer: “What goes through your heart, what goes through your head?”
Shifa Al-Qudsi, Tulkarem, 2020: “Nothing. Nothing. You just think… like a bride on her wedding day, who is preparing to go to her groom. That’s the only thing that went through my head. I’m preparing to go to my groom, can you imagine?”
Shifa Al-Qudsi - Palestinian terrorist and would-be suicide bomber who was arrested on April 11, 2002, hours before she was to commit her suicide bombing attack in a supermarket in Netanya with 33 pounds of explosives hidden under a maternity dress. Al-Qudsi was released after serving 6 years in prison, and following her release she became an activist for the Israeli-Palestinian NGO Combatants for Peace, which is involved in anti-Israel activity.
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