Report: Hezbollah Establishes Child Army
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Ryan R. Jones - All Headline News Middle East Correspondent
Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) - Hezbollah has begun replenishing its ranks after more than a month of war with Israel by recruiting the children of its fallen fighters, according to the Egyptian weekly Roz Al-Yusuf.
The newspaper reported that in recent weeks Hezbollah has organized more than 2,000 children aged 10-15 into armed militias. The Mahdi Boy Scouts, a Hezbollah-affiliated youth movement, has been tasked with training the youngsters to sacrifice their lives attacking Israel.
Today these children are referred to as 'future suicides,' the report said, adding that they can now be seen wearing 'camouflage army uniforms, [painting] their faces black,' and that they have been made to 'take the Jihad and Holy War oath.'
Roz Al-Yusuf said that top Hezbollah officials it contacted did not deny the report.
Earlier, Hezbollah deputy commander Naim Qassam boasted on Radio Canada that 'a nation with suicide children is a victorious one.'
Ryan R. Jones - All Headline News Middle East Correspondent
Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) - Hezbollah has begun replenishing its ranks after more than a month of war with Israel by recruiting the children of its fallen fighters, according to the Egyptian weekly Roz Al-Yusuf.
The newspaper reported that in recent weeks Hezbollah has organized more than 2,000 children aged 10-15 into armed militias. The Mahdi Boy Scouts, a Hezbollah-affiliated youth movement, has been tasked with training the youngsters to sacrifice their lives attacking Israel.
Today these children are referred to as 'future suicides,' the report said, adding that they can now be seen wearing 'camouflage army uniforms, [painting] their faces black,' and that they have been made to 'take the Jihad and Holy War oath.'
Roz Al-Yusuf said that top Hezbollah officials it contacted did not deny the report.
Earlier, Hezbollah deputy commander Naim Qassam boasted on Radio Canada that 'a nation with suicide children is a victorious one.'
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