The IDF says that an investigative report published in the Hizbullah terror organization's weekly journal reveals new evidence of Arab children's active participation in violent activity this past April in the PLO-controlled town of Jenin. During interview sessions, Jenin youth confessed to a Hizbullah reporter of their involvement in the manufacturing of weaponry, and of their participation in active warfare alongside armed adults, as Israeli troops entered the town during Operation Defensive Shield.
The report states that children who were taught from a very young age to throw stones at IDF soldiers, had begun to replace stones and rocks with hand grenades and small explosive charges. " We traded stones and rocks for hand grenades because the impact is that much stronger" explained Rami, a young child resident of Jenin. During the IDF operation one group of children was responsible for manufacturing of arms and a second group of children placed them strategically around the area as specified by a senior terrorist operative. A third group was instructed to set up ambushes in street corners carrying bags filled to the brim with explosives.
Fadi-a young resident of Jenin told the Hizbullah reporter that "the explosives are designed to blow their [the soldiers] heads off, the next time they dare enter our camp will be over our dead bodies". During the battle with the IDF the sound of explosions could be heard all over the camp. The residents, upon hearing the explosions ran out of their houses in fear that troops were firing grenades when in fact the explosions were charges being detonated by the Arab children themselves. Muatsin,16, used to kiss the grenades he carried on his back before throwing them upon IDF soldiers: "Allah, make this explosive as powerful as a ball of fire so that it burns the hearts of the Jews", he would chant.
According to the report on the night of the IDF incursion hundreds of children paraded through the streets of Jenin chanting "our stance, our fight to victory or to death, for the will of Allah".
The report states that children who were taught from a very young age to throw stones at IDF soldiers, had begun to replace stones and rocks with hand grenades and small explosive charges. " We traded stones and rocks for hand grenades because the impact is that much stronger" explained Rami, a young child resident of Jenin. During the IDF operation one group of children was responsible for manufacturing of arms and a second group of children placed them strategically around the area as specified by a senior terrorist operative. A third group was instructed to set up ambushes in street corners carrying bags filled to the brim with explosives.
Fadi-a young resident of Jenin told the Hizbullah reporter that "the explosives are designed to blow their [the soldiers] heads off, the next time they dare enter our camp will be over our dead bodies". During the battle with the IDF the sound of explosions could be heard all over the camp. The residents, upon hearing the explosions ran out of their houses in fear that troops were firing grenades when in fact the explosions were charges being detonated by the Arab children themselves. Muatsin,16, used to kiss the grenades he carried on his back before throwing them upon IDF soldiers: "Allah, make this explosive as powerful as a ball of fire so that it burns the hearts of the Jews", he would chant.
According to the report on the night of the IDF incursion hundreds of children paraded through the streets of Jenin chanting "our stance, our fight to victory or to death, for the will of Allah".