In new Gaza clip, kids urge ‘martyrdom, blowing up enemies’

12 May 2016
Anti-Semitism

From The Times of Israel:

New footage to emerge out of a children’s festival in the Gaza Strip shows play-acting Palestinian kids urging each other to “die as martyrs” and “blow up their enemies,” and includes mock presentations of them capturing Israeli soldiers and running through what appears to be a tunnel.

A video of the events, part of the eighth annual “Childhood Festival” by the Islamic Association in Khan Younis in April, was uploaded to the internet this week, and was made available by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

During one segment, a young girl calls on her “child” to “join the battle! Die as a martyr, and blow up the enemies.”

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