The opening of a hall that the Palestinian Authority named for a terrorist who killed 125 people. Photo: Palestinian Media Watch.

Two Israeli soldiers, who were directing humanitarian aid transfers to Gaza, were murdered last week by a Jordanian truck driver delivering humanitarian aid at the Allenby Crossing from Jordan to Israel. The Jordanian shot and then stabbed the Israelis, and was killed right after the attack.

According to the Palestinian Authority (PA), every terrorist, including non-Palestinians, who is killed while attacking Israelis is considered a “Martyr,” whose family will receive an immediate 6,000-shekel grant and then a lifetime monthly terror reward.

Thousands of the recipients of PA terror rewards live outside the PA areas.

At times, the PA waits before announcing that the murderer is a “Martyr” — because it is afraid of what the international response will be on the day of the murder. For example, earlier this month, two Palestinian terrorists murdered six Israeli civilians and injured 12 in Jerusalem.

For the first week, the PA did not define the murderers as “Martyrs.” However, after the attack was no longer an active news story, both terrorist murderers were given the “Martyr” designation by the PA.

Dying for Allah as a “Martyr” does not just have financial benefits. It is also the highest status achievable in Islam, according to the PA. The PA is sending the ultimate terror-supporting message to its Muslim population, which is that the murder of Israeli civilians is not only condoned by Islam but is precisely what Allah wants of them. And Allah will reward them for those murders.

The glorification by the PA through its official daily of those two murderers as “Martyrs” on the way to Allah’s rewards in heaven follows PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ fake “condemnation” of the attack.

Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) showed that Abbas’ statement was anything but a condemnation. Rather, it was a cover-up of the fact that the PA’s ideology endorses Palestinian terror attacks against Israeli civilians.

PMW has documented for decades that the PA always gives the “Martyr” title to any terrorist who dies while attacking Israelis, which also ensures that his family is rewarded with monthly Martyrs’ payments for life.

Another recent example is the terrorist who shot and murdered a 30-year-old mother, Tzeela Gez, and her unborn baby earlier this year. He was also venerated by the PA as a “Martyr”:

It should be noted that Nael Sami Abdul Rahman Samarah, a 36-year-old young man, died as a Martyr on May 17, 2025 after occupation forces shot him with live bullets in the Al-Balata area of the town of Bruqin. [emphasis added]

[Official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 15, 2025]

The Jordanian murderer was not yet defined as a “Martyr” by the PA, but if its past policy is any indicator, he will soon receive his designation and his family will begin receiving their monthly rewards.

The author is the Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.