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Palestinian Kindergarten Films Its Kids Play-Clashing With IDF, Becoming ‘Martyrs’

Screen capture from a video published by the Al-Tofula Kindergarten in Beit Awwa in the West Bank, showing children simulating a ‘martyr’ funeral for one of their number who is killed in a pretend clash with the IDF, February 14, 2023. Twitter
Screen capture from a video published by the Al-Tofula Kindergarten in Beit Awwa in the West Bank, showing children simulating a ‘martyr’ funeral for one of their number who is killed in a pretend clash with the IDF, February 14, 2023. Twitter

A West Bank kindergarten has published videos showing children pretending to perform military drills with toy guns, clashing with and killing Israeli soldiers, and holding a mock funeral for a child who is killed and becomes a “martyr.”

The clips from the Al-Tofula Kindergarten in Beit Awwa in the southern West Bank were published on the TikTok video-sharing service Tuesday, according to the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute watchdog.

One video showed children dressed as Israel Defense Forces soldiers trying to arrest Palestinian suspects in their home, but a clash develops as gunmen arrive to rescue the suspects and two soldiers are killed along with one of the Palestinians.

The children are then shown performing a funeral procession for the Palestinian “martyr,” with one of them acting the role of the slain fighter.

In other videos, masked children are shown training and marching with toy guns.

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