Viral Video Stirs Outrage
Released Palestinian Prisoners Vow "October 7-Style" Return in Shocking Message | WATCH
Hamas and its sympathizers and supporters haven't fooled anyone, and as long as they shriek for Israel's destruction, we will never have peace with them.
A gut-wrenching video circulating on social media has ignited a firestorm of condemnation just days after a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire unlocked the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in exchange for the last 20 living Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
The clip, posted by the pro-Israel watchdog account @HamasAtrocities, dedicated to chronicling the October 7, 2023, terror attacks that killed 1,200 Israelis and sparked the war, captures a father and son, fresh from detention, openly threatening more violence against Israelis in chilling tones that underscore the fragility of the hard-won truce.In the 25-second footage, filmed amid jubilant crowds waving Palestinian flags, the unnamed man hoists his young son aloft and declares to cheering onlookers: "Do you see my son? He will come to you again like on the seventh of October!"
The phrase, a direct invocation of the Hamas-led assault that saw militants storm southern Israeli communities, killing civilians and taking 251 hostage, is met with roars of approval. The post's caption amplifies the alarm: "A Palestinian prisoner and his son, who were just released from Israeli prison, promise that they'll come back to kill more Israelis like on October 7th. Here's your 'peace in the Middle East'!"S
The video has exploded across X. Responses range from visceral fury, "This is why trust is impossible," to weary sarcasm: "Ceasefire? More like cease-lie."
Yoseph Haddad echoes this sentiment:
Dr. Azmi Al-Dawahidi just walked out of Israeli prison and within minutes, he exposed exactly who he is. This isn’t a doctor committed to saving lives. This is a terrorist who wore a white coat as a cover.
And yet, every time Israel acts against threats like him, the world rushes to scream: They killed a Palestinian doctor!
Spare me!
Let’s be crystal clear: when a “doctor” glorifies terror and aligns with those who murder innocent civilians, they are not a doctor, they are a terrorist. Period.
Israel has the right and the obligation to protect its people.
No title, no white coat, and no propaganda campaign will change that.
The exchange forms the centerpiece of President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan, announced October 8 and hailed by him during a Middle East tour this week. Under phase one, Hamas freed all living hostages by October 13, including figures like Avinatan Or and Evyatar David, who arrived tearfully at Israeli hospitals.
In return, Israel released over 1,900 detainees and 250 serving life sentences for terror-related convictions, per IDF reports. Hamas touted the swaps as a "national achievement," with freed prisoners like prominent Judea and Samarian politician Jamal al-Tawil, 61, greeted as "heroes" in Ramallah after 19 years behind bars.
Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who skipped a planned Egypt summit amid the truce, have decried such rhetoric as proof of Hamas's enduring grip. "These aren't prisoners of conscience; they're architects of atrocity," a Likud spokesperson told Reuters today.
As aid trickles into a devastated Gaza via reopened crossings like Kerem Shalom, the clip serves as a stark reminder: Trump's "milestone" truce, signed amid fanfare with leaders like France's Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Keir Starmer, hangs by a thread. With disarming Hamas and rebuilding Gaza on the horizon, this father's boast isn't just a personal vendetta, it's a siren for the region's volatile path to any real peace. In the Holy Land, hope and horror remain uneasy bedfellows.