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| The "Family that traveled Together and Died Together" |
A shocking video captured Hamas’ top political leader Ismail Haniyeh barely reacting to the news that his three sons and four grandchildren have been killed in an Israeli airstrike — and insisting that he continue with the tour he was on of a hospital.
Haniyeh, 61, was visiting injured Palestinians at the hospital in Qatar, where he lives in exile, on Wednesday when he got a call from someone saying through sobs in Arabic: “Hazem, Mohammed and Amir have been killed, along with their children.”
Hamas’ tough-talking chief diplomat barely reacts and remains unnervingly calm, only uttering the words: “God rest their souls.”
When an aide asks Haniyeh if they should cut the hospital visit short in light of the tragic development, Haniyeh casually dismisses the idea.
“No, why? Let’s continue,” he says, sounding bizarrely upbeat as he walks to the door.
Haniyeh, who has 13 children, according to Hamas sources, later said in an interview with Al Jazeera that his family members “were martyred on the road to liberating Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
The top Hamas leader’s sons and four grandchildren — three boys and a girl — were riding in a car through Gaza’s Shati refugee camp to visit relatives on the first day of the Eid-al-Fitr holiday when it was hit by an Israeli missile.
The Israeli military confirmed the airstrike, saying that Hanieyeh’s sons were targeted because they were terrorists.
It did not comment on the deaths of the grandchildren, claiming there was “no information on that right now.”
Haniyeh lashed out at Israel, saying it was “driven by the spirit of revenge.”
He said the deaths of his loved ones would not soften Hamas’ stance in the ongoing cease-fire talks with Israel.
“The blood of my sons is not dearer than the blood of our people,” he told Al Jazeera. “The enemy will be delusional if it thinks that targeting my sons, at the climax of the negotiations and before the movement sends its response, will push Hamas to change its position.”
It has since emerged that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out the bombing that annihilated Hanieyeh’s family members allegedly without consulting either Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, reported Walla news citing senior officials.
The attack was planned by the IDF and the Shin Bet internal security service, according to the report.
4 comments:
Got to be impressed.Über alles.He has his superseding superior national mission.
If only we would have similar dedication,Moshaich would have been here
"Impressed"??!!
Bist meshugah?
As per R' Tzadok's diyuk in the dikduk, zei zeinen an animal species that just happen to have human tzurah.
The Maharal says they corrupt all the mitzvos that are the yerusha of the Avos. Their shiur of extreme kanoyus has no gvul. It crosses all boundaries into the ultimate in achzoriyus.
A famous freya Tzioni who got at least one thing right said peace is not shayach with people who hate Jews more than they love their own children.
Another terrorist on Israel's hit list would always have his son turn on his car ignition & be the guinea pig to test other areas for boobytraps. When asked why his own life is more precious than his son, the animal's answer was that if the son is blown to bits he will just make another one but he himself cannot be replaced ...
It's because he's a sociopath / psychopath, not because he's so dedicated
To be fair, what did you expect him to do while on camera for the whole world to see?
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