by Vijeta Uniyal at legalinsurrection.com
Palestinian terrorist manual instructs jihad fighters to “use children and residents to observe and gather information.”
The Palestinian terrorist groups are using children, including minor girls, as spotters for conducting ambushes on Israeli soldiers, a recent report published by the Israeli think tank Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs (JCPA) shows.
Palestinian boys and girls, as young as 15, are put in the harm’s way to spy on the movement of Israeli military and security forces conducting counter-terrorism operations in the West Bank. A Palestinian combat manual circulated on a terrorist-linked Telegram channel instructs the jihad fighters to “[u]se children and residents to observe and gather information,” and to set up improvised explosive device (IED) traps for Israel soldiers in the West Bank, the reports released on Wednesday said.
Under the Palestinian Authority’s watch, West Bank towns such as Jenin and Nablus have turned into strongholds for terrorist groups who carry out attacks on Israeli civilians. Terrorists from these cities regularly breach the Israeli security barrier to conduct deadly attacks. The Israeli security forces have to enter these towns in search of fugitive terrorists and jihad masterminds.
The report highlights the plight of Palestinian children thrown on the forefront to record and report back on Israeli troop movement using their cellphones. The JCPA report cites the case of Palestinian girls Sadil Naghnaghia and Jana Zakarna, both 15 year-old, who died of bullet wounds in separate incidents as they filmed and spied on Israeli security forces using their cellphones.
Palestinian groups and media outlets portrayed them as innocent victims while hiding their involvement in terrorist operations and affiliation to jihadist outfits.
he Jerusalem-based research institute JCPA reported:
On April 10, 2022, The Telegram channel “Jenin Al-Qassam,” which serves armed Palestinian groups in the Jenin region, published instructions for “Jihad fighters” that deal with the use of children “to conduct visual observation and information gathering.” (…)
According to Middle East analyst Jonathan Halevi, the Telegram channel “Jenin Al-Qassam” is a central source of communication and information for the armed groups in the area of Jenin. On April 10, 2022, the Telegram published instructions for the mujahideen (“Jihad fighters”), which included a section dealing with the “use of children and residents to conduct visual observation and information-gathering.” (Emphasis added) 4
The Telegram channel “Jenin Al-Qassam,” which serves armed Palestinian groups in the Jenin region, published instructions for “Jihad fighters” that deal with the use of children “to conduct visual observation and information gathering.”
The Telegram channel also noted that Jenin has a network of observation units staffed by “young people” assisting terrorist groups by “documenting on video and delivering reports about the activities of IDF forces.”
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