Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Saturday, August 30, 2003
Hamas Armed Wing Vows More Attacks against Israel
Izel Dein Al Qassam, armed wing of theIslamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), vowed on Friday more revenge attacks following the assassination of its militant on Thursday.
Izel Dein Al Qassam, armed wing of theIslamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), vowed on Friday more revenge attacks following the assassination of its militant on Thursday.
The militant, Hamdi Kalakh, was killed by Israeli Apache helicopters in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis while hewas riding on a car bulled by a donkey on Thursday night.
Israeli helicopters fired several missiles that targeted Kalakh,34, a well-known member of the Hamas armed wing in the area.
Since the suicide bombing attack carried out in Jerusalem where Hamas had claimed responsibility ten days ago, Israel had carried out four airstrikes on Palestinian areas, killing 11 Palestinians including a senior Hamas leader, seven militants and three bystanders.
The group said in a leaflet we promise our Arab and Islamic nations and the Palestinian people that an action would be carried out against the Zionist enemy that would make every Arab, Palestinian and Moslem happy.
The Zionist enemy forces had declared a comprehensive war against our people targeting every moving Hamas member, the leafletdenounced.