{"id":121674,"date":"2023-11-25T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T11:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121674"},"modified":"2023-11-25T11:59:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T11:59:52","slug":"moment-released-palestinian-prisoner-leads-defiant-chant-in-support-of-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/moment-released-palestinian-prisoner-leads-defiant-chant-in-support-of-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment released Palestinian prisoner leads defiant chant in support of Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palestinian celebrates after being freed from Israeli prison<\/h3>\n

One of the 39 freed Palestinian prisoners, released from an Israeli prison yesterday, was defiant in her support for “the resistance”. Rawda Abu Ajamieh was welcomed back to the al-Duheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem’s occupied West Bank by huge crowds of elated Palestinians.<\/p>\n

She then led the crowd in a chant supporting Mohammed Deif, the Hamas military chief. TV cameras filming the release broadcast her chanting: \u201cGod is the greatest.<\/p>\n

“Put the sword before the sword! We are the men of Mohammed Deif!”<\/p>\n

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Deif, the head of the al-Qassam Brigades, was last heard on October 7 when he issued an audio address justifying the assault on Israel.<\/p>\n

Thirty-nine Palestinian women and children detained on various charges were freed yesterday as part of a swap deal brokered by Qatar which also saw the release of 13 Israeli hostages seized by Hamas gunmen.<\/p>\n

Another freed prisoner Aseel Al-Titi told a crowd at the Balata refugee camp that she “saluted the resistance”.<\/p>\n

She said: “My feelings can’t be described. I’m with my family and my people. I am truly proud of my people. I salute the resistance. May Allah grant them victory and protect them. May the remaining prisoners be freed. Their near freedom is tomorrow, God willing.<\/p>\n

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“We were shocked and happy at the same time, even though we knew we would be victorious in the end.”<\/p>\n

Scenes in Beitunia, a city near Ramallah, saw a large crowd of mostly young men greet the freed prisoners by cheering, honking car horns and marching in the street carrying Palestinian flags.<\/p>\n

Some in the crowd also carried the flag of the Hamas terrorist group and chanted in support of Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson of the group’s armed wing.<\/p>\n

Marah Bakeer told reports that the deal was a “surprise” to many in the Israeli prison.<\/p>\n