Hamas Palestinian movement accused Facebook’s administration of colluding with the Zionist entity after blocking dozens of accounts and pages in support of the resistance movement.

Facebook had closed more than 90 pages supporting Hamas, in addition to 30 personal accounts affiliated with the movement, Husam Badran, a Hamas spokesman, said in a statement, Maan Palestinian news agency reported on Saturday.

Facebook’s move came following the launch of a social media campaign by the group promoting the actions of Hamas’ first bomb manufacturer, Yahya Ayyash.

“This vicious campaign came after the launching of the 21st anniversary of the assassination of the first engineer of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas’ armed wing), Yahya Ayyash,” Badran said in the statement.

Yahya Ayyash was assassinated in 1996 during the administration of Shimon Peres after Israeli authorities suspected him of being behind a number of attacks against Israelis. He is known among Hamas supporters as “The Engineer,” as the group has said he was the first member to manufacture a bomb for the movement.

As part of the anniversary, Hamas supporters launched a campaign promoting the actions of Ayyash, and adopted the slogan “Be Like Ayyash.”

Badran described the closure of Hamas’ support pages as a “persistent collusion of the Facebook administration with Israeli occupation policies,” and urged Palestinian Facebook users to look for other and more efficient, alternatives.

Source: Ma'an News Agency