Hamas Pledges Revenge for Israel's Assassination of Its Leader

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Hamas Pledges Revenge for Israel's Assassination of Its Leader

A senior Hamas leader said Sunday his group would strike back to revenge the Israel's assassination of its leader in the West Bank.

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A senior Hamas leader said Sunday his group would strike back to revenge the Israel's assassination of its leader in the West Bank.

Abdullah Qawasmeh, 37, a Hamas leader in the West Bank, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Saturday as he got out of his car near a large mosque known as a Hamas stronghold in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Abdul Aziz Rantisi, spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas, said "Hamas movement will fight back the Zionist terrorism carried out against Palestinians."

"If Israel doesn't halt its military operations and assassinations, the Hamas movement doesn't have any choice except resistance and avenging such crimes," Rantisi added.

Rantisi also said the dialogue with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) would not end, and his movement "cannot tolerate the Israeli bloodshed of the Palestinian people."

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