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Hezbollah channel recounts story of mother who 'wanted all her sons to die as martyrs'

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk
Hezbollah channel recounts story of mother who 'wanted all her sons to die as martyrs'

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TL;DR

A Hezbollah channel published a story recounting a family conversation in which a mother tells her Hezbollah fighter son and his sister that she wants all her sons to die as martyrs. The son reportedly laughs and says he will make her happy; the sister objects. The yellow advertisement closes by noting that the son ultimately died as a shahid, according to the post.

01 · THE DISPATCH

A Hezbollah-affiliated channel on Tuesday published a story reconstructing a family conversation, in which a mother is quoted telling her Hezbollah fighter son and his sister that she wants all her sons to die as martyrs. The son, seated beside her, reportedly laughs and says he will make her happy. The sister objects, expressing her desire that her brother not die. The post, labeled with Hezbollah's 'yellow advertisement' branding, concludes by noting that the son ultimately died as a shahid (martyr), according to the channel. The post did not provide names, dates, or specific locations. This is not the first such item on the channel: The Zioneer previously reported on a pro-Hezbollah post (June 28) showing a mother whose fighter son had been killed placing his scarf on her eldest son and urging him to become a martyr. The current post appears to be another instance of the same genre — promoting sacrifice narratives — but there is no confirmed temporal or identity link between the two posts.

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