In the video, the child is also wearing camo fatigues and what appears to be a flak vest, greeting a group of adult men on a stage.
He is hoisted into the air, brandishing what looks like a rifle with a high-capacity magazine as music plays and the adults hug him and kiss his hand.
Yahya Sinwar, Palestinian leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, second left, holds a child in a soldier costume, on stage with a weapon for the cameras, at a rally of supporters days after a cease-fire was reached in an 11-day war between Gaza’s Hamas rulers and Israel, Monday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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