A Palestinian group purportedly linked to the military wing of Hamas
resistance movement has taken responsibility for a shooting attack on
two Israeli men in the occupied West Bank, in which one died and another
sustained gunshot wounds.
The group, calling itself the Marwan Kawasme and Amer Abu Aysha Squad
and claiming affiliation with Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said in a
statement on Friday that it was behind the attack near the illegal
settlement of Dolev, located 27 kilometers (17 miles) northwest of
al-Quds (Jerusalem), earlier in the day, Ma’an news agency reported.
The statement added that Palestinian fighters had been closely
watching over the area, and carried out the ambush on the settlers’ car
after ascertaining that the occupants were Israeli citizens.
The group further said that the fighters returned to their bases
following the shooting, and that the operation was in memory of Kawasme
and Abu Aysha, whom Israeli military forces gunned down in al-Khalil
(Hebron) last September on alleged charges of the abduction and murder
of three Israeli teenagers.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades has not made any comments on the shooting and the group’s assertions.
Israeli forces and settlers regularly engage in violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 settlements built
since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West
Bank, including East Jerusalem al-Quds, in 1967.
Settlers, mostly armed, regularly attack Palestinian villages and
farms and set fire to their mosques, olive groves and other properties
in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli settlements are considered illegal by much of the
international community because the territories were captured by the
Israeli regime in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva
Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
Selasa, 23 Juni 2015
alestinian group claims responsibility for attack on Israeli settlers
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