JERUSALEM: Revealation that Hamas, which is fighting with the Israeli army on the front lines, is using minors to smuggle weapons, explosives, etc. Mustafa Alkhair, commander of Hamas's Zeitun battalion, who was recently captured by the Israeli army, disclosed this to the Israeli army. Mustafa Alkhair revealed that children are assigned to such dangerous jobs so that their own lives are not in danger. Children are specially recruited for this purpose. Mustafa was captured by the Israeli army on the eighth of this month.

Children were also used to transport explosives and ammunition from one place to another. Due to the strictness of the inspection, it was almost impossible for adults to carry explosives, which is why children were used. Weapons and explosives are smuggled in by hiding them in plastic buckets filled with vegetables. Children will be asked to drop such buckets at a particular house or place. Such trafficking is almost always successful because children are not thoroughly checked.

Hamas also used children to alert them about the presence of the Israeli army. Children were asked to show a special sign or wave a flag if the military was present. Mustafa revealed that children were also used to deceive the Israeli army. The soldiers who come following the children who are running screaming 'save me' are the ones who fall into the trap usually. It is certain that the Israeli soldiers who come like this will never leave alive. Children are also assigned toy bombs to trap Israeli soldiers.

"We use children for dangerous activities but never accept them as our fighters. No child can be considered an official fighter of Hamas until they turn 18," Mustafa said. Therefore, children do not receive any of the benefits and treatment that Hamas fighters receive.