This is popular front a podcast focused on the niche details of modern warfare and

underreported conflict with me Jake Hanrahan. This episode we're speaking to researcher

Matt Kuntz about the militant resistance faction in Palestine known as Lions Den.

Kuntz is going to be talking to us about why Lions Den is different and why

they're gaining so much popularity specifically amongst the youth of Palestine.

Lions Den is a little bit different from previous factions.

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Co. slash support. Let's start this off by talking about January 26,

let's start this off by talking about January 26th, 2023. There was a big raid.

Israelis went into Jenin. They killed Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians.

I believe two of them were definitely civilians.

Some claim others were civilians.

Militant groups have claimed some of the dead as fighters.

It's one of this, one of the other.

But around that situation, it was, you know, a lot of like footage was released from the

IDF. Didn't look like they were taking much care at all in my opinion for civilians they

were firing RPGs into residential neighborhoods couldn't really see where they

were firing but around that time there was a lot of talk suddenly about this group, The Lions Den.

I saw it on telegram, I saw it on social media, people are saying right, The Lions Den

will get revenge for this. And I was surprised because this was a group I hadn't heard that much about it wasn't like it wasn't people saying I don't know

Al-Kossam will get revenge for this or Fattah will get revenge for this or you know

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