\"When I heard that my son was dead, I cried out for joy.\" So reports Ynet today, quoting the mother of a Hamas terrorist who murdered three Israeli soldiers two weeks ago on a mission from which he knew he would not return. The mother, Naima al-Abed, said, \"I imbued my son with a love of Jihad [holy war] and death for Allah,\" and recounted how her son Mahmoud consulted with her on whether or not to take this action:
\"When he finally told me that he was going to do it, I blessed him and encouraged him, because I saw how much he wanted to… I didn\'t tell my husband, because he is emotional and he would have attempted to dissuade him… When he left on the mission, I was worried that it might not succeed and I couldn\'t cook… I prayed with all my heart that he would succeed in his suicide mission.
\"One morning, he told me that he was going that day… That afternoon, I heard a knock on the door, and I saw it was Mahmoud. I started yelling at him and said, \'Did you change your mind? Did you get scared?\' He told me that the mission was to be an ambush, and that the soldiers didn\'t pass by that day… [Two days later,] he got a call from the lookout. He showered, prayed, and left…\" Her other son later told her that there had been an attack on soldiers, and that one of the attackers had been killed. \"I remained tense until they came from Hamas and told me that he had been killed. I then let out shrieks of joy that woke up the whole neighborhood…\"
\"When he finally told me that he was going to do it, I blessed him and encouraged him, because I saw how much he wanted to… I didn\'t tell my husband, because he is emotional and he would have attempted to dissuade him… When he left on the mission, I was worried that it might not succeed and I couldn\'t cook… I prayed with all my heart that he would succeed in his suicide mission.
\"One morning, he told me that he was going that day… That afternoon, I heard a knock on the door, and I saw it was Mahmoud. I started yelling at him and said, \'Did you change your mind? Did you get scared?\' He told me that the mission was to be an ambush, and that the soldiers didn\'t pass by that day… [Two days later,] he got a call from the lookout. He showered, prayed, and left…\" Her other son later told her that there had been an attack on soldiers, and that one of the attackers had been killed. \"I remained tense until they came from Hamas and told me that he had been killed. I then let out shrieks of joy that woke up the whole neighborhood…\"