Watan-The provided text discusses an Emirati website that faced severe criticism from social media users due to its coverage of the Israeli occupation’s assassination of Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri in Beirut, Lebanon. The website was accused of adopting a mocking tone and expressing a desire for more assassinations against the leaders of the resistance.
Under the title “After Al-Arouri… Big Heads in Hamas Israel Plans to Harvest,” the Emirati website “24.ae” provoked many with its apparent mockery of the assassination of Hamas members, giving the impression that it was an Israeli site based in Tel Aviv.
The website, introduced as “a media platform originating from the United Arab Emirates to the Arab world and beyond,” faced numerous criticisms for its handling of Al-Arouri’s assassination. Many comments attacked the Emirati website for adopting a discourse and language supportive of the Israeli occupation.
On Tuesday, December 2, 2024, the Israeli occupation forces bombed the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since 2006, targeting an office belonging to Hamas in the southern suburb.
Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri was martyred in an Israeli airstrike that hit a Hamas office in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The strike resulted in his assassination along with six other members of the movement.
The Emirati Zionist website described the assassination of Saleh Al-Arouri as “the most prominent Israeli intelligence and military success since October 7th, in response to a Hamas attack.”
The website, seemingly as if it were an Israeli site based in Tel Aviv, praised the Israeli operation, stating, “It is its biggest achievement since launching the war on Gaza, which it claimed was aimed at destroying Hamas.”
The text discusses various comments and reactions to the Emirati website’s coverage of the Israeli airstrike in Beirut, targeting a Hamas office and resulting in the martyrdom of Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri and six other members. Notable comments include:
- An account named “Qassam” posted an image of Mohammed bin Zayed with a devil’s face, expressing a desire for Gaza to swiftly trample over those who support the Israeli occupation.
- Another follower emphasized that if Hamas were to end with the martyrdom of its leaders, it would have ended with the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, stating that Hamas is a jihad for the sake of God, and its ideology does not die.
- Mohammed Nazzal addressed the UAE, stating that regimes of subservience are aware that the defeat and elimination of the Israeli occupation mean their demise, expressing support for Gaza and its resistance.
- Raghda commented on the continuity of resistance, stating that it doesn’t end with the martyrdom of leaders; instead, Hamas always gives birth to heroes and leaders.
The Emirates reassures the Israeli occupation
The text discusses recent developments amid the intense and painful war in Gaza, where the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sent a conciliatory message to Israel, reassuring them about the warmth of their relations despite the ongoing conflict.
Ali Rashid Al-Nuaimi, the head of the Defense, Interior, and Foreign Affairs Committee in the UAE’s Federal National Council, stated that the Abraham Accords are not in danger despite the war being waged by Israel, as reported by the Hebrew newspaper “Jerusalem Post.”
During a special online press conference organized by the European Jewish Association (EJA) and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Al-Nuaimi remarked, “This is the third war in Gaza. Whenever something happens in Gaza, people come to us and ask, ‘What is your opinion on the Abraham Accords? Will they change?'”
Many observers noted that these positions align, to a certain extent, with the path taken by the UAE against Palestinian resistance in Gaza, largely in line with the Israeli narrative, which repeatedly seeks to distort the image of Palestinian resistance in attempts to criminalize it in the face of Israeli occupation.