Hamas And Other Terror Organizations: We Will Resume Blowing Up Buses In Tel Aviv

MEMRI ^ | 8/26/24

[Uncle Miltie]

Hamas' military wing, the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, recently announced its intention to resume carrying out suicide attacks within Israel, and also posted a graphic on its Telegram channel depicting a blown-up bus in Tel Aviv and captioned "We Are Coming" in Arabic, Hebrew and English. The Hamas announcement was posted on August 19, 2024, one day after Ja'far Muna, a terrorist from Nablus, perpetrated a failed suicide attack outside a synagogue in Tel Aviv.[1] The attack failed because Muna's powerful explosive charge blew up prematurely. Hamas' military wing and the Al-Quds Brigade, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization, claimed responsibility for the attack in a joint statement, which also announced that "martyrdom" operations, i.e., suicide attacks, within Israel will resume.  

Suicide attacks inside Israel, which Hamas stopped perpetrating after the second intifada, will constitute another means of escalating the struggle against Israel from the West Bank and of turning the West Bank into another front against Israel, in which multiple terror organizations operate together with guidance from Iran, thus implementing the principle of the "unity of the fronts."[2]

As part of the attempt to escalate the struggle against Israel from the West Bank, Telegram channels affiliated with the terror organizations have circulated graphics inciting and threatening suicide attacks and bus bombings inside Israel,[3] as well as  posts in praise of Yahya Ayyash, one of the founders of Hamas' military wing, who was responsible for the wave of deadly suicide bombings in Israel in the 1990s, in which over 100 Israelis were killed.[4]

The graphic posted on the Telegram channel of Hamas' military wing (T.me/qassambrigades, August 19, 2024)

This report reviews the threats to renew the suicide attacks within Israel circulated recently on social media.

Hamas And Other Terror Organizations Threaten Renewal Of Suicide Attacks Within Israel

The announcement posted August 19 on the Telegram channel of Hamas' military wing, the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, stated: "The Al-Qassam Brigades and [the PIJ military wing], the Al-Quds Brigades, announce that a martyrdom operation was carried out yesterday evening in Tel Aviv, and stress that martyrdom operations in the occupied interior [i.e., inside Israel] will resume as long as the occupation's massacres, expulsion of civilians and assassination policy continue.[5]   

The joint announcement of the Hamas and PIJ military wings

The perpetrator of the suicide operation in Tel Aviv, Ja'far Muna, on a Hamas-affiliated Telegram channel (left) and a PIJ-affiliated channel (right) (T.me/hamas_wb; T.me/ibraheem_Nabolsi, August 22, 2024)

Incitement and Threats Of Suicide Operations On Telegram Channels Of Hamas And Other Terror Organizations

Following Ja'far Muna's attempted suicide operation in Tel Aviv, and the threats by Hamas and the PIJ to renew these attacks inside Israel, similar threats and incitement surged on social media as well.[6] Below are several examples:

Graphic On Hamas Telegram Channel Shows Bus Exploding In Tel Aviv

The Al-Qassam Brigades' Telegram channel posted a graphic threatening suicide attacks on buses (see above). The graphic shows a blown-up bus with Hamas' inverted red triangle above it, marking it as a target for attack, [7] an explosive belt and a sign saying "Tel Aviv." The caption, in Arabic, Hebrew and English, says "We Are Coming."[8]

More  Graphics Threatening Bus Bombings On Hamas-Affiliated Telegram Channel

Graphics threatening bus bombings in Israel were also posted on the Hamas-affiliated "Wanted" Telegram channel.[9] They feature suicide bombers, exploding buses and threats and incitement such as "The bus roof will fly in the air if your massacres continue," "Terror will reach you, our martyrs are on their way," "Tighten your [explosive] belt, oh martyrdom-seeker," and "Your buses will become coffins."[10] 

Left: "The bus roof will fly in the air…"; right: "Your buses will become coffins"

Left: "Terror will reach you, our martyrs are on their way"; right: "Tighten your [explosive] belt, oh martyrdom-seeker"

Graphics Glorifying Yahya Ayyash: He Is Coming; He Is Returning

The Hamas-affiliated "Wanted" Telegram channel also posted multiple graphics glorifying Yahya Al-Ayyash, one of the founders of Hamas' military wing, who was responsible for the wave of deadly suicide bombings in Israel in the 1990s, in which over 100 Israelis were killed. One of the images shows a blown-up bus with the caption: "Who will restore the glory of [Yahya] Al-Ayyash? #Attack_your_enemy." A video posted on the channel announces that "Yahya Ayyash is coming," and another graphic quotes the Hamas and PIJ announcement with the hashtag "Ayyash is coming back."[11]

[Uncle Miltie]

Footnotes at source.

Apologies for the uneditable bits in the middle.

[Lurker]

Gaza needs to be completely depopulated by whatever means necessary. Anyone who refuses to leave should be considered an enemy combatant and dealt with accordingly.

There’s no redemption possible for Gazans. Trying to make peace with them is a fools errand.

L

[lightman]

Someone else can translate.

[lightman]

From the border to sea
Make the Gazans Hamas-free!

[Lurker]

“Make the Gazans Hamas-free!”

You miss the point. Hamas IS Gaza. Gaza IS Hamas. It’s not possible to separate one from the other. Over 80% of Gazans approve of massacring civilians, raping teenage girls, and shooting babies. They all want it to happen AGAIN!

There is no “path to peace” with people like that. The only way to make Gaza “Hamas free” is to make Gaza free of Gazans.

L

[A strike]

So, Fascist EU censors, Telegram is OK for Jihad ?

[PLMerite]

I remember when they went through this last time, when they identified the bomber, they knocked down his house.

[metmom]

Suicide attacks inside Israel, which Hamas stopped perpetrating after the second intifada, will constitute another means of escalating the struggle against Israel from the West Bank and of turning the West Bank into another front against Israel, in which multiple terror organizations operate together with guidance from Iran, thus implementing the principle of the "unity of the fronts."[2]

And as long as they keep up with the terror attacks, Israel will continue to defend themselves.

There wouldn't be a struggle if they didn't perpetrate terror against Israel by such actions, including the likes of Oct 7.

I watched a bit of *uncensored* at Amir Tsarfati's Telegram site that showed clips of actual footage of what happened that day. Its's horrific. The ones who died instantly were the lucky ones.

The islamists have NOTHING to complain about. They brought this all on themselves.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, because they weren’t going to do that before.

[Uncle Miltie]

Isaiah, 6:8

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here I am; send me.”

חוָֽאֶשְׁמַ֞ע אֶת־ק֚וֹל אֲדֹנָי֙ אֹמֵ֔ר אֶת־מִֽי־אֶשְׁלַ֖ח וּמִ֣י יֵֽלֶךְ־לָ֑נוּ וָֽאֹמַ֖ר הִֽנְנִ֥י שְׁלָחֵֽנִי:

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting.

[Feckless]

All the more reason to kill each and every one of these Savages.

[Samurai_Jack]

Mostly peaceful right?

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

Israel needs to put pigs on the busses like they did before.

They had this problem several years ago; the terrorists wouldn’t get on the bus because the pig made it unclean to them.

[KingofZion]

Just I guess, but I bet the only reason they stopped was that Israel took precautionary measures and (unlike USA) sealed the border. In other words, Mah nishtanah halaylah hazeh