[MEMRI/Roz Al-Yusuf-Egypt] Hizballah has recruited over 2,000 innocent children aged 10-15 to form armed militias. Before the recent war with Israel, these children appeared only in the annual Jerusalem Day celebrations, and were referred to as the "December 14 Units," but today they are called "martyrs." These are children barely ten years old, who wear camouflage uniforms, cover their faces with black camouflage paint, and swear to wage jihad. The children are selected by Hizballah recruitment officers based on one criterion: They must be willing to become martyrs. The first lesson that the children are taught by Hizballah is "The Disappearance of Israel," and it is always an important part of the training program. Na'im Qasim, deputy to Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, told Radio Canada: "A nation with child-martyrs will be victorious."
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