Chinese Vloggers Glorify Hamas with Cosplay and Posts

FILE - Hamas militants scale a hill a at a location given as Juhr Al-Dik, Gaza, in this still image from video said to be from Dec. 15, 2023. Some Chinese vloggers depict Hamas as heroic and capable on the battlefield. Hamas Military Wing via REUTERS

With a green headband, a camouflage uniform and a Palestinian flag patch, a man dressed as a Hamas fighter appears in a social media video pointing a rifle and a knife at the camera. However, he is not a member of Hamas or any other armed group but a vlogger on the Chinese video website Bilibili.