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JIHADI KIDDIES

Nursery show’s terror tale

- By JERRY LAWTON jerry.lawton@dailystar.co.uk

CHILDREN under five dressed as armed jihadis for a nursery’s graduation show.

And the youngsters, who were made to brandish mock assault rifles, mimicked storming an Israeli building to take a hostage.

As parents filmed the performanc­e, the children captured one infant dressed as an Orthodox Jew and “killed” another clad as an Israeli soldier.

The terrifying show took place at the Al-Hoda nursery in war-torn Gaza.

To the sound of explosions and gunfire the children, dressed in uniforms of the Palestinia­n Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades, began their hostage mission.

Smoke went off in the building on stage as the youngsters launched their attack.

And they later placed a sign which read “Israel has fallen” on the back of the prostrate Israeli “soldier”.

He was then “shot” as the mob left the stage with their “hostage” thrown over the shoulders of one of the performers.

Footage from the ceremony, held a fortnight ago, has been made available on DVDs for parents.

Scenes were also posted online by The Middle East Media Research Institute.

Sheikh Khadr Habib, an Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza, said at the ceremony that the children were sending a “message of love” to the world.

He insisted they were telling the Israelis: “We are not terrorists. Don’t force us to kill you.”

 ??  ?? READY FOR ASSAULT: Children armed with mock assault rifles at nursery show
READY FOR ASSAULT: Children armed with mock assault rifles at nursery show
 ??  ?? EXECUTED: Body of soldier is left on stage
EXECUTED: Body of soldier is left on stage
 ??  ?? CAPTURED: Young soldier is held
CAPTURED: Young soldier is held

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