Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned on Friday an event hosted by Syria’s new Culture Ministry, which appeared to celebrate Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
“The President of Syria al-Julani [Ahmed al-Shara’a] talks about a ‘new Syria,’ yet his Ministry of Culture invites the public to a national party celebrating the October 7 massacre – the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust (celebrated as “The Flood of al-Aqsa”),” the ministry wrote on X. “Anyone who celebrates a massacre seeks more massacres, not change.”
The event was set to be held at 5 p.m. on Friday at the Aleppo Library.
Journalist Ahmed Quarashi reported on X that the event was cancelled.
The Jerusalem Post is unable to verify the authenticity of the flyer.
Hamas's October 7 massacre
Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, violating an existing ceasefire, and massacred some 1200 people, including children, civilians, and foreign nationals.
During their rampage through Israel's South, the terror group also abducted some 250 people, kickstarting a two-year conflict.