The Palestinian Authority last week held an official military funeral for Hamas terrorist Wael Masha, who was killed after firing on Israeli forces engaged in a counterterror operation in Nablus, Samaria.
The funeral procession was lead by Palestinian National Security Forces vehicles, each carrying groups of Arab youths. Mohammad Hamdan, the Fatah leader in Nablus, also participated in the funeral march.
Masha, who was released by Israel in the November 2023 ceasefire deal with Hamas, had been imprisoned for receiving money from a Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative to manufacture bombs.
At the same time Masha’s funeral was taking place, Palestinian security forces also conducted an official military funeral for Ahmad Sheikh Khalil, a member of Fatah’s “military wing” who was also eliminated on Aug. 14 after firing on IDF soldiers.
The two terrorists’ remains were carried on the shoulders of P.A. police officers.
The P.A. and Fatah have a long and bloody history of supporting local terror battalions. Approximately two months ago, a terrorist who murdered two Kfir Brigade fighters, Eliya Hillel and Diego Harsag fled to Nablus, where he received shelter and protection at the headquarters of Nablus Governor Rasan Daglas.
Later, when Israeli security forces threatened to raid the place to arrest him, P.A. personnel smuggled the terrorist out. He has not been caught to this day. Daglas himself has participated in many terrorist funerals to date, and has even served as a pallbearer.
