An aerial view shows the bodies of victims of an attack following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip lying on the ground in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg

The following image was actually posted on October 7, as Hamas was committing its barbaric massacre on Israeli civilian communities in the south of Israel.

It shows terrorists in military uniform displaying either the green headbands of Hamas’ military wing, the Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, or yellow headbands of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party.

Together, these terror groups share the back of a pickup truck and a common objective:

Posted text: “On the ground we stand as one, each one is defending from their stronghold, and there is no difference between two people who are defending the same homeland. May the men’s forearms be blessed, and may the result be blessed

#The [Fatah] Shabiba_Student_Movement #An-Najah_National_University”

[Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at An-Najah National University, Twitter account, Oct. 7, 2023]

A quote from the Koran on the image is rich in analogy to the current situation:

Text on image: “Two God-fearing men–who had been blessed by Allah–said, ‘Surprise them through the gate. If you do, you will certainly prevail. Put your trust in Allah if you are truly believers’ [Koran 5:23, Sahih International translation].”

“Two God-fearing men” refers to the fighters of Hamas and of Fatah, who are “blessed by Allah” as they “surprise them through the gate,” which is how Hamas violated Israel’s sovereign territory, when it breached Israel’s security fence to attack the country.

The image below shows a statement by the Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at An-Najah National University. It is a declaration of support for Gaza and the Palestinian workers from Gaza who are now stuck in Israel, unable to cross back into Gaza.

Additionally, the text calls on Palestinians to disseminate pro-Palestinian information in various languages. Most notably, the text exhorts Palestinian residents of the West Bank to “avenge the blood of our heroic Martyrs” by attacks at “points of friction” — in other words, to carry out terror attacks.

Posted text: “#The_[Fatah_]Shabiba_Student_Movement

#An-Najah_National_University”

Text: “‘Fight in the cause of Allah only against those who wage war against you, but do not exceed the limits. Allah does not like transgressors’ [Koran 2:190, Sahih International translation]…

We in the [Fatah] Shabiba Student Movement at An-Najah National University call on you for general preparedness in all cities of the West Bank, to go to the points of friction with the occupation, to avenge the blood of our heroic Martyrs, and to support the resistance in the proud Gaza Strip.” [emphasis added]

[Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at An-Najah National University, Twitter account, Oct. 12, 2023]

The two images above carry the logo of the Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at An-Najah National University, which consists of a coat of arms featuring on its left a raised fist in the shape of the PA map of “Palestine” that calls all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine” and an image of the Dome of the Rock and the keffiyeh (Arab headdress) pattern.

Text at the top of the logo: “So fight them and Allah will punish them at your hands, put them to shame, help you overcome them, and soothe the hearts of the believers” [Koran 9:14, Sahih International translation].

The image shows masked terrorists in black uniforms wearing yellow Fatah headbands and holding Kalashnikov assault rifles while marching in formation.

Posted text: “Men who loved the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it had [the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’] Brigades and [the Al-Aqsa] Flood

#The_Al-Aqsa_Flood_battle

#The_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs’_Brigades

#The_[Fatah_]Shabiba_Student_Movement

#An-Najah_National_University”[Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at An-Najah National University,

[Twitter account, Oct. 10, 2023]

The image shows masked terrorists in black uniforms with yellow Fatah headbands marching in formation.

Posted text: “We are the proud ones, when disasters come, we stand against them like a volcano

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades [i.e., Fatah’s military wing]

#The_Al-Aqsa_Flood (Hamas’ name for its terror war against Israel; see note below -Ed.)

#The_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs’_Brigades

#The_[Fatah_]Shabiba_Student_Movement

#An-Najah_National_University”

[Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at An-Najah National University, Twitter account, Oct. 8, 2023]

Similar to the previous image, this too shows masked terrorists in black uniforms with yellow Fatah headbands marching in formation.

Posted text: “We are the proud ones, when disasters come, we stand against them like a volcano

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades

#The_Al-Aqsa_Flood (Hamas’ name for its terror war against Israel; see note below -Ed.)

#The_Al-Aqsa_Martyrs’_Brigades

#The_[Fatah_]Shabiba_Student_Movement

#An-Najah_National_University”

Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at An-Najah National University, Twitter account, Oct. 15, 2023]

The author is a contributor to Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article was originally published.