Osama Bin Laden's son gave a speech urging Muslims around the world to join in the fight to "liberate Jerusalem."
Hamza Bin Laden told Muslims to “participate in the [Palestinian] intifada” by “killing the Jews and attacking their interests everywhere,” according to jihadi monitoring sites like the Middle East Media Research Institute and SITE Intel Group.
1)New audio by #HamzaBinLaden mobilizing global jihad focuses on #Jerusalem. titled: "AlQuds is Nothing But a Bride" pic.twitter.com/APz6aonLPZ
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) May 9, 2016
The supporters of Zionists, including the US, “must pay the bill in their blood,” Hamza said in the speech, which is reportedly five months old. He is believed to be 23 or 24 years old, reports NDTV, a news channel in India.
2) #HamzaBinLaden: The struggle for the liberation of #Jerusalem requires unity of the Ummah. It's "a struggle between faith and disbelief"
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) May 9, 2016
The struggle for the liberation of Jerusalem requires unity of the Ummah, or Muslim nation, Hamza said in the recording.
3) HamzaBinLaden: Liberation of #Palestine much closer than before #Syrian revolution--thus Muslim Ummah should join in #Syria, and unite
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) May 9, 2016
The audio recording was titled "Al Quds Is Nothing But A Bride." Al Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem. Al Qaeda's as-Sahab Media Foundation released the audio, according to the SITE Intel Group.
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