‘Hitler was the best leader’: Anti-Semitic homework exposed in Gaza schools

IDF Uncovers Antisemitic School Materials and Hamas Tunnel in Rafah Operation

Israeli Defense Forces operating in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, uncovered deeply disturbing materials this week that shed light on the level of antisemitic indoctrination allegedly present in areas under Hamas control. Troops from the Golani Brigade, while conducting operations to dismantle terrorist infrastructure, discovered a child's English homework notebook containing highly offensive and antisemitic content.

The notebook, believed to belong to a Gaza schoolchild, contained three shocking sentences written in English: “All Jews are s**t,” “I want to be a shahid (martyr) in the next week,” and “Hitler was the best leader in history.” Photographs of the pages have circulated online, raising alarm over the kind of messages being promoted within Gaza’s education system. The discovery underscores long-standing concerns about Hamas’s influence over local schools and the promotion of hatred and violence toward Jews and Israel.

This incident came as part of a broader IDF operation in Rafah, where forces have been actively searching for and dismantling Hamas terrorist infrastructure both above and below ground. During these operations, troops located a tunnel shaft within a compound that had previously served as a kindergarten. The shaft was also found to be just 100 meters away from another site that had once functioned as a civilian school.

Specialized forces from the Yahalom Unit, under the command of the Golani Brigade, inspected the tunnel. They discovered it was booby-trapped and connected to a larger underground route used by Hamas. The tunnel extended dozens of meters and was part of a central underground network utilized by the terror group for transporting weapons, fighters, and carrying out attacks. The IDF confirmed that the tunnel and its access shaft were successfully dismantled following the operation.

The incident adds to the growing body of evidence that Hamas embeds military assets within civilian infrastructure, including schools and kindergartens, and perpetuates an educational environment that fosters extremism and hatred among children.