On December 18, 2012, senior Hamas commander Zaher Jabarin gave an interview to Hamas’ Al-Quds TV, during which he said Hamas labors “day and night” educating Palestinian children in Gaza to become suicide bombers.

The role of suicide bomber is in high demand amongst children, Jabarin claimed. “The Palestinian youngsters, the resistance and Jihad warriors, fight and quarrel over performing a courageous suicide operation,” he said.

Because suicide bombers are ready to die, said Jabarin, Israel has no way of preventing them from carrying out their attacks. And he boasted of Hamas’s role in developing the tactic. “With God’s grace, Hamas originated the use of this weapon,” he said.

Watch a full video of the interview below:

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The full transcript is below (provided by IDF Blog):