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Monday, August 5, 2019
Hamas calls on Gazans to stop waving swastika banners at protests
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Hamas terror organization is calling on protesters in the Gaza Strip to refrain from waving flags with swastikas during border demonstrations, Channel 12 reports.
The new instruction not to use any flags besides the Palestinian one comes days after the Israeli army published photos of a swastika banner being flown during Friday’s rally.
The Nazi Swastika flag, a symbol of murder and hatred, raised yet again during a Hamas riot in Gaza today.In the face of this hatred stand IDF soldiers, ready and determined to defend lsrael.
Posted by Israel Defense Forces on Friday, August 2, 2019
The Nazi symbol has been waved by protesters on previous occasions during protests.
Hamas says it does not want “the Zionist occupation to make use of this” to delegitimize the protests.
The Times of Israel Community.