Hamza bin Laden, a son of the al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, has urged Muslims and followers of the terrorist network to carry out attacks on Jewish targets around the world.
In a 10-minute video released over the weekend, the 28-year-old bin Laden urges Muslims in “America, the West and occupied Palestine” to carry out the attacks where they are.
The video includes clips of terrorist attacks that have been perpetrated around the world, including in Israel.
Bin Laden rejects the necessity for Muslims to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State there. “Know that inflicting punishment on Jews and crusaders where you are present is more vexing and severe for the enemy,” he says in the video, adding that US and NATO targets were also appropriate in case there are no Jewish targets.
Al-Qaeda was responsible for the September 2001 terror attacks in the United States. Osama bin Laden was killed in a raid by US Nazy Seals in Pakistan in May 2011. Hamza was not present during the raid.
At the documents were seized which said that Hamza bin-Laden was in line to succeed his father as al-Qaeda leader. However, initially, Ayman al-Zawahiri was chosen for that role. It now appears that Hamza bin Laden has now moved up the command chain.
