Hamas TV host Sheikh Moussa Abu Jleidan said in the February 11 episode of his show that he was optimistic about the future of the Islamic nation, because it managed to produce "an entire generation of people who covet death as much as our enemies covet life." Sheikh Abu Jleidan said that when a youth is selected for a "martyrdom operation," he darts toward it like an arrow, "as if this was his wedding night."
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Moussa Abu Jleidan: We need to prepare this generation, because with it, we shall defeat our enemies. I am optimistic about our nation. Our enemies have prepared helicopters, smart missiles, and nuclear bombs against us, but we have prepared against them the invincible human bomb. We have prepared against them an entire generation of people who covet death as much as our enemies covet life.
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The nation of this generation that covets death cannot be defeated. When one of these youths is selected for a martyrdom operation, he darts toward it like an arrow. It is as if this was his wedding night. He penetrates the enemy lines and kills them point blank, stepping with his pure boot on their filthy faces. Then he heads back crying. Why are you crying? He is crying because Allah did not choose him to be a martyr.
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