Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021. Photo: Sputnik/Evgeny Biyatov/Kremlin via REUTERS

A few days ago, a Palestinian terrorist veered his truck into an Israeli soldier and murdered him.

Hamas immediately glorified the “heroic” murder, while the Palestinian Authority (PA) just as quickly covered up the murder as a “car accident” and libeled Israel for “executing” the terrorist driving the truck.

You can see a video of the murder below (viewer discretion is advised; the Israeli man’s death is visible on screen).

After seeing the evidence, who do you believe?

Here is Hamas’ praise of the murderous attack:

“The heroic car ramming operation… led to the killing of an [Israeli] soldier and the wounding of others”

“A natural response to the occupation’s [i.e., Israel’s] crimes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank”

“A new heroic operation that joins the record of our resistance”

“The perseverance of the resistance’s operations … proves the resistance’s ability to kill the enemy”

“Indeed this is jihad; victory or Martyrdom”

[Hamas, Telegram channel, Sept. 11, 2024 — emphasis added]]

Here is a trasncript of the PA TV’s news report denying the attack:

The occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian truck driver [Hayel Deifallah] … and claimed that he carried out a car ramming operation, but eyewitnesses claim that it is more likely that what happened was a car accident…

This is the [Israeli] version we always hear: That the driver of the car or truck carried out a ramming attack, and [the Israelis] immediately execute the driver on this pretext. [emphasis added]

[Official PA TV, Sept. 11, 2024]

Palestinian Media Watch has reported numerous times on the PA’s denial of terror attacks and their presentation of them as Israeli “fabrications.”

The PA has even denied Hamas’ massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, in which terrorists murdered approximately 1,200 people.

Itamar Marcus is Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.