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ISIS: Hamas ‘apostate’ for calling Soleimani a ‘martyr’

Islamic State weekly “Al Naba” accuses Gaza-based fellow Sunni terror group Hamas of praising Shi’ite Iran in exchange for money and weapons.

The Jan. 1, 2021 editorial in Issue 267 of Islamic State weekly “Al Naba,” which features the image of a billboard, probably in the Gaza Strip, describing Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani as a “martyr.” Credit: MEMRI.
The Jan. 1, 2021 editorial in Issue 267 of Islamic State weekly “Al Naba,” which features the image of a billboard, probably in the Gaza Strip, describing Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani as a “martyr.” Credit: MEMRI.

Islamic State (ISIS) weekly Al Naba ran an editorial on Jan. 1 criticizing fellow Sunni terror group Hamas for calling slain Shi’ite Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani a “martyr,” according to the Middle East Media Research Institute’s Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (MEMRI-JTTM).

The article, titled “When Netanyahu becomes Syria’s martyr,” begins by calling Hamas “apostate” for describing Iran and its allies who “kill Muslims in other countries, rape their women, destroy the homes over their heads and force hundreds of thousands of youths to disappear in prisons” as martyrs and jihadis.

The article asks how Hamas would react if Syrian factions were to declare Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “Syrian martyr,” and accuses the Gaza-based terror group of lauding Iran because it provides them with money and weapons.

It goes on to denounce an official in Ramallah who expressed support for Syria’s President Bashar Assad.

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