Fatah gloats about Hamas terror massacre of 900 Israelis, portrays Israel as rat being trampled
The Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch shared a video and text posted on the Telegram channel of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (Fatah’s military wing)
The video shows four images as a song plays in the background:
- A uniformed man paragliding onto the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine,” referring to Hamas terrorists who paraglided into Israel during the launch of the Hamas terror massacre. Logo is of “The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – the Wasps’ Nest.”
- Uniformed terrorists holding assault rifles and sitting in a circle, apparently before setting out to conduct a terror attack.
Logo is of “The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – the Wasps’ Nest.”
- An army boot with the colors of the Palestinian flag on its sole poised to stomp on a dead rat lying on the Israeli flag, a blue Star of David with a white background. Logo is of “The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – the Wasps’ Nest.”
- The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades logo that includes crossed rifles and a grenade above the Dome of the Rock, with Palestinian flags below it. Text at the top of the logo: "So fight them and Allah will punish them at your hands, put them to shame, help you overcome them, and soothe the hearts of the believers" [Quran 9:14, Sahih International translation]. At the bottom is written: “The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – the Wasps’ Nest”
Lyrics: “We came to them
We came to them from a bleeding wound
We came to them from the ember of fire
From the tears of longing that do not stop
From the sorrow of the elderly sheikh
We came to them”
[Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch, Telegram channel, Oct. 8, 2023]
Posted text: “Your victory that you promised (i.e., the Hamas terror war on Israel) –
#The_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs’_Brigades (i.e., Fatah’s military wing) – the Wasps’ Nest”
Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 1,200 Israelis, including over 1,000 civilians, were murdered and over 4,800 wounded, in addition to approximately 244 who were abducted into the Gaza Strip (including 110 later released or liberated and at least 26 later killed), in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. During the massacre the terrorists tortured, raped, shot, beheaded, and burned their victims alive, murdering entire families and leaving at least 21 children without parents. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north. Occasional rocket launches and shootings continued from Lebanon throughout the war. A ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal began on Nov. 24, 2023, in which Israel agreed to release 150 terrorist prisoners, pause drone surveillance in the Gaza Strip, and allow movement between the northern and southern Gaza Strip, in return for 50 Israeli female and child hostages held by Hamas. The deal was subsequently extended with additional releases, until Hamas violated the agreement and resumed attacking on Dec. 1, 2023.