Sick ISIS use bombs strapped to KIDS as terror stronghold weakens

As grip on the terrorist stronghold in Raqqa weakens their desperation is clear as they deploy this terrifying new tactic.

He said the jihadists' desperation "is palpable" and children packed with explosives have run at him.

He told the Daily Mirror: "The youngest one we came across was just 13.

"These aren’t ISIS recruits, they’re terrified conscripts forced into a war they know nothing about.”

ISIS have held control of the city of Raqqa since 2014 but now British SAS and American Navy SEALs troops are advancing on the group's lines and threatening their control.

They have been under immense pressure from military airstrikes and it is estimated that 26,000 of their numbers have been killed.

Gifford revealed that 150 crack American special forces have arrived in the of Raqqa in preparation for a huge assault on the stronghold.

Speaking from Shaddadi Mr Gifford added: "ISIS are on their last legs.

"They are desperate now and the noose is tightening.

"It’s believed the next operation is to take Raqqa itself.

"It’s going to be massive and be coordinated by the Americans.

"Nothing has been confirmed yet but everything is pointing that way and makes sense.

"Only this week we learned 150 American special forces have landed nearby so we know they are not here for no reason.

"You have to think of it like a pincer movement, like the horns of bull, the pincers are in place and now it is time for the main offensive.”

This week it was uncovered that ISIS are trying to brainwash kids with a new app riddled with hidden jihadi messages.

Only last week a chilling video was released by ISIS showing child soldiers singing a threatening nursery rhyme warning of future attacks on Europe.

Many of the children appear to be no older than 12-years-old as they chant: "You grant yourselves the right to massacre us, In the name of your so-called precious freedoms."

Macer Gifford has no connection with a man of the same name, who currently lives in Oxfordshire and has never has been engaged with the fight against IS.

(dailystar.co.uk)