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A 64-year-old grandmother became the oldest Palestinian suicide bomber when she blew herself up near Israeli troops.
As Israeli forces were moving through the Jebaliya refugee camp north of Gaza City yesterday afternoon, they spotted a woman acting suspiciously. Soldiers threw a stun grenade, a weapon that makes a loud nose but causes no damage. Then the woman set off explosives she was carrying, killing herself and slightly wounding two of the soldiers.
The militant Hamas, which is in charge of the Palestinian government, claimed responsibility and identified the bomber as Fatma Omar An-Najar. Her relatives said she was 64 – by far the oldest of the more than 100 Palestinian suicide bombers who have attacked Israelis over the past six years.
She lived in Jebaliya town, next to the refugee camp where she tried to blow up Israeli soldiers.
An-Najar took part in a women’s demonstration to divert Israeli troops while Hamas militants escaped from a mosque earlier this month, reflecting increased involvement by Gaza women in the struggle.
At the compound where the extended family lives, her oldest daughter, Fatheya, explained her motives. “They (Israelis) destroyed her house, they killed her grandson – my son. Another grandson is in a wheelchair with an amputated leg,” she said. “She and I, we went to the mosque. We were looking for martyrdom.”
Female suicide bombers were a rarity during the first several years of the current conflict, but this has gradually changed. The last suicide bombing, on November 6, was also carried out by a woman in northern Gaza.
breakingnews.ie
As Israeli forces were moving through the Jebaliya refugee camp north of Gaza City yesterday afternoon, they spotted a woman acting suspiciously. Soldiers threw a stun grenade, a weapon that makes a loud nose but causes no damage. Then the woman set off explosives she was carrying, killing herself and slightly wounding two of the soldiers.
The militant Hamas, which is in charge of the Palestinian government, claimed responsibility and identified the bomber as Fatma Omar An-Najar. Her relatives said she was 64 – by far the oldest of the more than 100 Palestinian suicide bombers who have attacked Israelis over the past six years.
She lived in Jebaliya town, next to the refugee camp where she tried to blow up Israeli soldiers.
An-Najar took part in a women’s demonstration to divert Israeli troops while Hamas militants escaped from a mosque earlier this month, reflecting increased involvement by Gaza women in the struggle.
At the compound where the extended family lives, her oldest daughter, Fatheya, explained her motives. “They (Israelis) destroyed her house, they killed her grandson – my son. Another grandson is in a wheelchair with an amputated leg,” she said. “She and I, we went to the mosque. We were looking for martyrdom.”
Female suicide bombers were a rarity during the first several years of the current conflict, but this has gradually changed. The last suicide bombing, on November 6, was also carried out by a woman in northern Gaza.
breakingnews.ie
