Hamas broadcasts a song on Al Aqsa TV calling for increased rocket fire and suicide bombs on Israeli targets, specifically Tel Aviv and Ashkelon.
The lyrics to the song, translated by Palestinian Media Watch, are as follows:
“O [Hamas’] Al-Qassam [Brigades],
Fire without asking on (southern Israel’s) Eshkol
To return (the Israeli city) Ashkelon
Let the thieving [Israeli] army lament and go down to the shelters
Let them go down to the shelters
O Al-Qassam, fire your rockets
Make them explode and write your history
O Al-Qassam, victory is from Allah
In Paradise there is a Garden [for Martyrs] calling to you
Fajar 5 [rocket], O blaze, hurry, destroy Tel Aviv
O Martyrdom-seeker (i.e., suicide bomber), O blaze, hurry, blow up Tel Aviv
(Image: a café and a bus destroyed by a suicide bomber)
The free [Hamas’] Al-Qassam say: ‘Allah willing, we will hit and will not fail'”
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