The Palestinian prisoner who appeared to be killed by a young boy on video released by ISIS was definitely not an Israeli spy — but was instead lured into joining the terrorist organization by the extremists themselves, his father said.
Said Musalam claims his son, Mohamed Said Ismail, was tricked into joining the Islamic State in Syria after they promised him a lavish life filled with women, money and cars.
In the 13-minute video, a boy dressed in camouflage appearing to be no older than 10 stands behind Ismail as he kneels on the ground. After making a brief statement in French accusing him of being a spy for the Mossad, the child steps forward and purportedly shoots Ismail in the head.
Musalam said that his son was on his way home to visit his sick mom before the ISIS savages captured and executed him.
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A screen grab from the Islamic State video purporting to show a child executing Mohamed Said Ismail Musalam.Photo: Al Furquan
“He got worried when he knew that his mom was sick,” he explained in Arabic. “[ISIS] put him in jail and they hit him and made him make confessions.”
“Mohammad was told by them to say that he worked for the Israelis,” Musalam added. “Mohammed didn’t say so about himself. Any honorable person would be ready to get executed and not say such words…but they pushed on Mohammed to say so.”
Musalam also opened up to the AP about the moment he watched the chilling execution video for the first time.
He said that his wife and other family members had been too shaken up to view the footage.
“I will leave it to God and what happened to my son Mohamed I hope God will do the same for you, your sons and your family,” Musalam told the AP, addressing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “God knows that one day we’ll meet, whether in paradise or in hell, and we’ll settle the accounts.”
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