Revital Ohayon and her two sons,  and Noam, of Kibbutz Metzer, who were murdered in 2002.

With tragic poignancy, in the week that Israel is mourning the murder of Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Ariel and Kfir, of Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel released the terrorist responsible for the murder of Revital Ohayon and her two sons, of Kibbutz Metzer (above).

Terrorist Muhammad Naifeh was convicted of involvement in the murder of 13 Israelis, including Revital and her sons, on their kibbutz in 2002.

Like the images of Shiri Bibas trying to protect her children, Revital was murdered while hovering over her sons, Matan and Noam, trying to protect them.

Last week, the murderer of Revital and her sons — literally moments after being released from prison in exchange for Israeli hostages and still on the terrorists’ bus — already pledged to return to terror in “proud partnership” with Hamas terrorists.

He “saluted” them for successfully releasing the Fatah terrorists. “Thank you for all this sacrifice … We, as Fatah members, are proud of this partnership [with Hamas], which will be better in the coming days than in the past.”

Here are his full, odious remarks:

Released terrorist murderer Muhammad Naifeh: “Me [Muhammad Naifeh], ‘the Frenchman’ [13 life-sentences], Abu Satha [9 life sentences], Mansour Shreim [14 life sentences], Ahmed Abu Khader [11 life sentences; all released terrorists], and everyone, and Abd Al-Karim Aweis [6 life sentences], and the entire leadership of [Fatah’s] Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades [terror wing] and their founders, we salute you [Hamas], and we will be by your side. We are partners of the future, Allah willing.

Thanks to the [Hamas’] Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades. Thank you for all this sacrifice.

The Hamas Movement is a respectable movement, and it exists, and the occupation [i.e., Israel] cannot eliminate Hamas. Hamas is an idea that cannot be eliminated, and it is a main and true partner of the Palestinian national project. We as Fatah members are proud of this partnership, which will be better in the coming days than in the past days, Allah willing.” [emphasis added]

[Quds News Network (Hamas), X (Twitter) account, Feb. 15, 2025]

The identical nature of the Hamas and Fatah cruelty, together with this Fatah terrorist’s hate rant, should be a reckoning for those who still mistakenly differentiate between the Hamas terrorists, whose leaders sit in Qatar, and Fatah terrorists, whose leader sits in Ramallah.

Itamar Marcus is the Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), where a version of this article originally appeared.