Condemnation of Salah al-Jafarawi has come from ordinary Gazans and the PA, in whose name he claimed to be fundraising.

By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News

A Gazan who has gained fame using his social media skills to promote Hamas ever since the war between Israel and the terrorist organization began, stands accused of embezzling $4 million he ostensibly raised for a Gaza hospital.

Salah al-Jafarawi asked his followers online to donate towards the rebuilding of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, saying that his appeal was being made “in coordination with the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah and Gaza.”

He used the Palestinian Authority (PA) ministry’s logo, as well as that of a Kuwaiti charity, seemingly without the latter’s knowledge, to legitimize his claim of acting in some kind of official capacity.

The PA, which pays civil servants in Gaza but has had no say in the running of any governmental functions there since Hamas overthrew it in 2007, quickly denied having anything to do with that campaign or any other private fundraising attempts for Gaza.

Gazans reacted furiously online to the news, demanding to know where the millions have gone.

Blogger and activist Mustafa Ashfour wrote, “Salah used his journalistic work and exploited the suffering of our people in Gaza to steal donations…. It’s very easy for him to convince people he’s an angel and a journalist, and then plunder money.”

“The Health Ministry in Gaza, controlled by Hamas, backed this thief, not the Palestinian Authority. So, dear donors, your money is gone,” he wrote.

Some users defended him by saying that the accusers are linked to Fatah, the movement behind the PA, which hates Hamas and fears its huge popularity in its territory in Judea and Samaria.

Al-Jafarawi first got noticed when Israeli media juxtaposed a video clip of him delighting over the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023 and the massacres of Israelis, when the terrorists covered their invasion by firing thousands of missiles over the border. Days later, Al-Jafarawi was seen crying in fear during the start of the Israeli air force’s massive counter-attack.

He thus earned the nickname “Mr. FAFO,” which stands for “F*** around, find out.”

The twenty-five-year-old has starred in many Hamas propaganda videos since then, playing parts such as a father of an injured child, a hospital patient, a Hamas fighter and a displaced person.

On various social media platforms, he is alternately listed as an actor, journalist, content creator, media influencer and Palestinian activist. One pro-Hamas website listed him as a “martyr” for Gaza, albeit without providing a date of death.

The Israeli foreign ministry has called him “just one example of how Hamas is using social media to spread misinformation and shape false narratives related to Gaza.”

Meta blocked al-Jafarawi’s Instagram account on Saturday, but he reportedly has already opened a new one.

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‘The thing that broke me most was to see who came after the terrorists’ said one of the kibbutz residents.

By Pesach Benson, TPS

Israeli soldiers have continued to discover enormous piles of household and personal items stolen by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 from homes they attacked, then ransacked, near the Gaza border, the Tazpit Press Service has learned.

Found in open areas between the Israeli communities and the Gaza border were suitcases stuffed with stolen clothing, agricultural equipment, children’s toys, eyeglasses, electrical equipment, and even wall posters.

Enormous piles of stolen goods were even found in large garbage dumpsters, which would have been carried by tractors or bulldozers.

Adele Raemer, a resident of Kibbutz Nirim who spent hours hiding in a safe room during the rampage told TPS, “The thing that broke me most was to see who came after the terrorists.”

“After the terrorists came the riff-raff. Gazans of all ages, all sizes and shapes, and they came into our community and rampaged, destroyed, and stole everything they could. They just took stuff. If they wanted something, they stole it, just out of meanness, out of hate and evil,” she recalled.

“All along, I was telling people I truly believed that most Gazans are good, most Gazans just want the same things we do, to put food on the table, have good health and clothing for their children,” Raemer said. “After I saw what happened on Oct. 7, — aside from the Hamas terrorists — all the looters that came in and rampaged through the kibbutz, I’m not so sure anymore. Where were all the good Gazans on Oct. 7?”

It’s possible that further looted possessions will be found over time.

Video footage of the Oct. 7 attacks circulating on social media showed Palestinian civilians and children accompanying the terrorists stealing items, such as television sets and bicycles.

Some of the videos were Israeli security footage, others were filmed by the terrorists, who wore GoPro body cameras to capture their massacring men, women and children.

At least 1,400 Israelis were killed in Hamas’s surprise attack on the country’s southern communities. The number of confirmed hostages captive into Gaza stands at 240.

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