 ANERA staff working in Gaza with members of Bayader, a major Hamas charity involved with the son of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. |
In 2014, Mousa Shawwa, a charity worker, endorsed a call on social media for God to "erase the Jews." Ten years later, the world's only Jewish state erased him.
On March 8, an Israeli strike reportedly killed Shawwa, a "logistics coordinator" in Gaza for American Near East Refugee Aid, better known as ANERA.
ANERA claims his death was the result of a "targeted attack" against aid workers. The D.C. based charity has not provided evidence for its claim. But it is noteworthy that Shawwa appeared to encourage the very violence that ended his life.
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Sam Westrop is director of the Middle East Forum's Islamist Watch project.
