A senior Hamas leader has condemned the cartoon video released by the terrorist organization’s armed wing showing Gilad Shalit returning in a coffin.
Mahmoud Zahar, a co-founder of Hamas and part of the Gaza Strip leadership, condemned the video showing the captive Israeli soldier’s father wandering deserted streets looking at billboard after billboard of Israeli leaders promising to work for his son’s release. Noam Shalit is finally shown, having aged by many years, waiting at the Erez checkpoint for the return of his son.
As Noam Shalit shouts “No!” at the sight of the flag-draped coffin, he jerks awake and realizes it is a dream.
“There is still hope,” reads the closing caption followed by Hamas’ symbol.
The cartoon appeared on the website of Hamas’ armed wing and was distributed to Israeli television stations.
“We have not killed in the past and will never kill captive Israeli soldiers,” Zahar said. “Our morals prevent us from doing so.”— jta