What did your grandma do? Or, perhaps, still does? My grandma baked yummy pies and cookies, occasionally stayed with me when I was little, so my parents could go out, and generally spoiled me, the only grandkid growing up close to her. Most grandmothers do that. But not all. Here is what I found via Little Green Footballs:
JABALIYA, Gaza Strip (AFP) - A Palestinian grandmother blew herself up in the Gaza Strip, lightly wounding three Israeli soldiers, in the first suicide attack claimed by Hamas in almost two years.
The mother of nine and grandmother of 41 became the oldest Palestinian suicide bomber at the age of 57, selecting as her target troops operating near her northern Gaza home in Jabaliya, seeking to curb near-daily rocket attacks on Israel.
"Troops saw a woman approaching them in a suspicious manner and identified her carrying an explosive device," an army spokeswoman said.
"They then threw a stun grenade in her direction but she managed to blow herself up," she added, adding that three soldiers were lightly hurt.
Within minutes the armed wing of the Hamas claimed the bombing. This was the Islamist group's first suicide attack since January 2005, when a bomber wounded seven Israeli soldiers in Gaza.
"The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades claims the martyr operation carried out by Fatima Omar Mahmud al-Najar, aged 57, in the middle of a group of Zionist soldiers," an online statement said.
This death cult granny did not think that raising her grandchildren was a worthy cause. Instead, she proclaimed this:
"I am the martyr Fatima Najar from the town of Jabaliya. I work for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades and I sacrifice myself for God, the nation, the Al-Aqsa."
Just for the record, it was not the first attack in two years. It was the first attack that succeeded in getting far enough along to actually be carried out. Thank G-d, nobody was killed. Yes, I do mean "nobody": crazy old lady monster bent on genocide does not count.
One more thing. For all intents and purposes Palestinians already have a state with its own government (Hamas) and the government military organizations (Hamas military wing being one them). Thus, any attack on a neighboring country (Israel) constitutes an act of war, and should be treated as such.
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