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Hamas' favourite influencer Saleh al-Jafarawi dies in Gaza · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. One of Gaza's most prominent influences
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  Speaker 1: has reportedly died as Israeli forces pulled back in the
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  Speaker 1: Strip and violence erupts between Hermas and armed militias, with
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  Speaker 1: dozens killed in fighting. Salah al Jaffrawi was banned by
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  Speaker 1: Meta from his own Instagram feed earlier this year, where
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  Speaker 1: he had five point five million followers. He spent the
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  Speaker 1: past two years posting photos, videos and stories from the
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  Speaker 1: besieged Strip. He claimed to be a journalist, and video
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  Speaker 1: purportedly showing his dead body wearing a press vest has
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  Speaker 1: been widely shared. Al Jafrawi remained active on x, where
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  Speaker 1: he came to prominence in a video showing Salee wearing
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  Speaker 1: a bright green T shirt the color of Hamas, apparently
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  Speaker 1: celebrating Hamas's October seven, twenty twenty three attack on Israel.
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  Speaker 2: Alloa, Hello, come on Allah.
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  Speaker 1: The Jerusalem Post has previously reported that Jeffrawi featured in
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  Speaker 1: Hamas propaganda videos, posing as a father, a surgeon, a
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  Speaker 1: freedom fighter, and even a corpse. In this video, al
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  Speaker 1: Jaffrawi allegedly posed as a garzen eating his first meal
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  Speaker 1: in days.
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  Speaker 2: Oh hell, hi collegg again, but I did again.
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  Speaker 1: His posts were a constant stream of grieving families, rubble
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  Speaker 1: strewing landscapes, and dead bodies, as well as praise for
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  Speaker 1: senior Hamas figures like Yaya Sinwa, So we'll have a.
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  Speaker 2: Nurse.
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  Speaker 1: When Donald Trump's peace deal was announced, Al Gafrawi said
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians were the owners of the land. Al Jafrawi was
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  Speaker 1: controversial within Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry released a statement
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  Speaker 1: distancing themselves from him after he claimed he wanted to
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  Speaker 1: raise millions of dollars for a hospital. There were allegations
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  Speaker 1: he instead funneled the money to Hamas. He has reportedly
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  Speaker 1: died in clashes between Hamas and a rival clan, the
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  Speaker 1: due Mush militia, in the outskirts of Gaza City. There
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  Speaker 1: are now widespread reports of Hamas mobilizing its fighters in
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  Speaker 1: an attempt to regain control of Gaza as Israeli forces retreat.
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  Speaker 1: Hamas is due to begin releasing the remaining Israeli hostages today,
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  Speaker 1: with President Donald Trump flying to Israel to be there.
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  Speaker 1: As is much celebrated peace deal takes effect.
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  Speaker 2: The war is over. Okay, do you understand that.
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  Speaker 1: Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force.
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  Speaker 2: One because I'm good at solving wars. I'm good at
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  Speaker 2: making peace, and it's an honor to do it. I say,
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  Speaker 2: millions of lives, millions of lives.
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  Speaker 1: Trump said he did not think the International Stabilization Force,
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  Speaker 1: which would see foreign soldiers re establish order in Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: would be needed to disarm Hamas. The International stabilization of
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  Speaker 1: the horse, that's part of a.
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  Speaker 2: Good, strong force. When I don't think it's not to
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  Speaker 2: have a big imback because I don't think. I think
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  Speaker 2: barely we're going to have to use it. I think
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  Speaker 2: people are going to behave Everybody knows their place. It's
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  Speaker 2: going to be great for everybody. It's going to be
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  Speaker 2: great for the surrounding countries, Arab Huslim, all of them.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be great for issue. Everybody is happy.
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  Speaker 1: The world is waiting for the hostage releases to begin.
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  Speaker 1: You can follow that live at the Australian dot com
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  Speaker 1: in the morning for the very latest