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It was three days after a senior Hamas official, called on "Palestinians" to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives."<ref>Andres Oppenheimer, [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article251425363.html Cuba, Venezuela condemn Israeli airstrikes in Gaza], Miami Herald, May 15, 2021.<br>

It was three days after a senior Hamas official, called on "Palestinians" to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives."<ref>Andres Oppenheimer, [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article251425363.html Cuba, Venezuela condemn Israeli airstrikes in Gaza], Miami Herald, May 15, 2021.<br>

''Some Latin American countries endorse Hamas’ violence against Israel. It’s shameful... There is a good reason why the United States and the 27-member European Union officially consider Hamas a terrorist group: It deliberately uses violence against civilians to achieve its goals... As recently as May 7, Fathi Hamad, a senior Hamas official, called on Palestinians to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives” in a speech broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza, according to a translation by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute.''</ref><ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/snr-hamas-official-fathi-hammad-urges-people-jerusalem-cut-off-heads-jews-knives-day-reckoning-moment-destruction Senior Hamas Official Fathi Hammad To Palestinians In Jerusalem: Buy 5-Shekel Knives And Cut Off The Heads Of The Jews], Memri, May 7, 2021</ref>

''Some Latin American countries endorse Hamas’ violence against Israel. It’s shameful... There is a good reason why the United States and the 27-member European Union officially consider Hamas a terrorist group: It deliberately uses violence against civilians to achieve its goals... As recently as May 7, Fathi Hamad, a senior Hamas official, called on Palestinians to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives” in a speech broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza, according to a translation by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute.''</ref><ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/snr-hamas-official-fathi-hammad-urges-people-jerusalem-cut-off-heads-jews-knives-day-reckoning-moment-destruction Senior Hamas Official Fathi Hammad To Palestinians In Jerusalem: Buy 5-Shekel Knives And Cut Off The Heads Of The Jews], Memri, May 7, 2021</ref>

Prior to the firing of rockets, a wave of Arabs attacking Jews inside Israel rose sharply, (mainly against pious Jews who mostly do not serve in the IDF) especially following incitement in Arab Palestinian mainstream since at least April 2. Ahead of Muslims' Ramadam.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/mahmoud-abbass-default-ploy-antisemitic-incitement-opinion-667449 Mahmoud Abbas’s default ploy: Antisemitic incitement] Ruthie Blum, JPost, May 6, 2021</ref>

Prior to the firing of rockets, a wave of Arabs attacking Jews inside Israel rose sharply, (mainly against pious Jews who mostly do not serve in the IDF) especially following incitement in Arab Palestinian mainstream since at least April 2. Ahead of Muslims' Ramadam.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/mahmoud-abbass-default-ploy-antisemitic-incitement-opinion-667449 Mahmoud Abbas’s default ploy: Antisemitic incitement] Ruthie Blum, JPost, May 6, 2021</ref>