Good news. Hamas appears to be moving away from its reprehensible practice of using eleven-year-olds and mentally-challenged teens as suicide bombers.
Now, reports the Times of London, it's using grannies instead:
Now, reports the Times of London, it's using grannies instead:
A grandmother became the oldest Palestinian suicide bomber yesterday when she blew herself up in Gaza and slightly wounded two Israeli soldiers.The brave men of Hamas are generous indeed to let old ladies and gullible kids share in the fruits of martyrdom, instead of hogging it all for themselves.
Fatma Omar An-Najar was the first suicide bomber to be claimed by Hamas for nearly two years. Its armed wing said that she was aged 57, but her family said that she was 68.
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