Fathi Hammad, a senior Hamas official, called upon Palestinians worldwide to begin the “slaughter and killing” of Jews around the world.
“Our patience has run out. We are on the verge of exploding. If this siege is not undone, we will explode in the face of our enemies, with God’s permission and glory. The explosion is not only going to be in Gaza but also in the [West] Bank and abroad, if God wills,” Hammad said Friday. “But our brothers [in the diaspora] are still preparing. They are trying to prepare. They are warming up. A long time has passed with them warming up. All of you 7 million Palestinians abroad, enough of the warming up. You have Jews everywhere and we must attack every Jew on the globe by way of slaughter and killing, if God permits. Enough of the warming up,” he added.
Watch: Senior Hamas leader Fathi Hammad says Hamas has built a new factory for making suicide vests that will be given to Palestinian girls (and boys) in order to storm the Israeli border and blow up Israeli families.
Now you know why we protect the border with Gaza from Hamas. pic.twitter.com/MWFSfT5r8z
— Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) July 14, 2019
A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted a response to the comments Sunday.
“We use his statements to rally support for us and to reveal Hamas’s true face. Thank you Fathi!” Ofir Gendelman, Netanyahu’s Arabic-language spokesman, said.
الحمساوي فتحي حماد قدم لنا هدايا إعلامية ثمينة جدا الجمعة الفائتة:
?إعترف بأن حماس تقف وراء مسيرات #الفوضى.
?إعترف بأن حماس أنشأت مصانع لتحضير الأحزمة الناسفة للشباب والشابات.
?حرض على قتل اليهود أينما كانوا.نستخدم تصريحاته لحشد الدعم لنا ولكشف وجه حماس الحقيقي. شكرا فتحي! pic.twitter.com/E0ocrMLx4h
— Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) July 14, 2019
Gendelman added that Hammad’s comments were revealing about Hamas.
“Hamas senior terrorist Fathi Hammad revealed in a speech some facts so that you will know what Hamas is about: Hamas is behind the riots on the Gaza border. Hamas built factories for explosive vests to be used by Gazan boys & girls. Hamas wants to murder Jews worldwide,” Gendelman said.
Hamas senior terrorist Fathi Hammad revealed in a speech some facts so that you will know what Hamas is about:
?Hamas is behind the riots on the Gaza border.
?Hamas built factories for explosive vests to be used by Gazan boys & girls.
?Hamas wants to murder Jews worldwide. pic.twitter.com/j6mau08cRW— Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) July 14, 2019
Another Hamas official condemned Hammad’s comments as not representative of the group as a whole.
“These are personal statements that do not represent Hamas. They are no more than emotional comments that he may have said because of the killing of one of our members,” the official said. “Our problem is not with the Jews, but rather the occupation and the Zionist movement that is occupying Palestine.”
Hammad’s comments follow Israeli troops mistakenly killing a Hamas operative in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after he was misidentified as an armed terrorist.
