West Bank – Hamas Member Killed After Throwing Grenade At Israeli Forces

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    Palestinians gather around the body of Yosuf abu Zaghah, 20, who was killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin early on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)West Bank – A Palestinian from the militant group Hamas was shot dead when he threw a grenade at forces carrying out an arrest raid in the West Bank hours after the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted over two weeks ago, Israel’s military said Tuesday.

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    The man killed Tuesday was the first casualty since the bodies were found.

    Israel has said two well-known Hamas operatives from Hebron are the primary suspects. The men, Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Aisheh, have not been seen since the teens went missing, and military officials said the search for them would continue.

    Israeli soldiers blew up a door of Abu Aisheh’s home in Hebron early Tuesday, said an Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to protocol. AP photos show extensive damage to one side of the house.

    Netanyahu met with top security officials late into the night Monday to discuss how to respond, and officials are expected to resume deliberations on Tuesday.

    After a two-week crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank, few major targets remain there. Hamas had already been weakened by seven years of pressure by Israel and the forces of Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

    Israel could turn its attention toward the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, where it has been battling a surge in rocket fire since the teens went missing.

    The intensified rocket attacks have lightly injured several Israelis, damaged houses and destroyed a factory. One rocket fired by the Palestinian militants exploded prematurely in Gaza last week, killing a Palestinian girl.

    Israel also might consider stronger political action. The crisis has escalated already heightened tensions between Israel and the new Palestinian government, which is headed by Abbas but backed by Hamas.

    Hamas, an offshoot of the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood, is deeply rooted in Palestinian society. The movement’s political goal is an Islamic state in all of historic Palestine, including the territory that now makes up Israel.

    Israel and its Western allies consider Hamas, which has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and other attacks, a terrorist group.

    Netanyahu’s spokesman Mark Regev called on Abbas “to break his alliance with these killers.”

    “This atrocity, this murder of innocent teenagers on their way home from school, is a clear example. It demonstrates that Hamas has not changed. It remains a vicious, vile terrorist organization that targets every Israeli civilian man, woman and as we’ve seen, children as well,” he said.

    The slain teens are to be laid to rest Tuesday afternoon.


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    9 years ago

    Big deal, so Israel will blow up a few empty buildings and be restrained by the world pressure from harming any “innocent” arab terrorists. Disgusting. Take back Gaza and build,build, build. The sons of pigs need to understand that their vile terrorist acts will be responded to with building and with crushing their terror cells.

    Liepa
    Liepa
    9 years ago

    He got exactly what he deserved. Kain yovadu kol oyvachu………….

    PatersonMan
    PatersonMan
    9 years ago

    The article says: “Hamas… is deeply rooted in Palestinian society. The movement’s political goal is an Islamic state in all of historic Palestine, including the territory that now makes up Israel. Israel and its Western allies consider Hamas, which has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and other attacks, a terrorist group.

    If I could tell AP directly, I would say: “That is a bunch of garbage!! Did you read the Hamas charter? It states clearly that they have a Military Goal of conquering all of the land of Israel [.i.e., terrorism and armed struggle]. Israel and its Western Allies don’t consider Hamas a terrorist group due to its killing of hundreds; rather, by definition — by its CHARTER — it is a terrorist group. The AP’s “politically correct” assessment is pure garbage!

    By the way, according to the Torah and Noahide laws, every male adult who belongs to Hamas is “Chayav Misas Beis Din”; since Hamas members the past killed numerous Jews and did not bring their guilty ones to trial, the whole nation is guilty, as Shechem was in the time of Yaakov.

    PatersonMan
    PatersonMan
    9 years ago

    The AP posts: “Hamas’s political goal is an Islamic state in all of historic Palestine, including the territory that now makes up Israel.
    Israel and its Western allies consider Hamas, which has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and other attacks, a terrorist group.

    If I could tell AP directly, I would say: “This is a bunch of garbage. If they read the Hamas Charter, they would clearly see that Hamas does not have a “political” goal, but openly avows “armed struggle” [=terrorism] in order to “liberate” all the Land of Israel. Israel and its Western allies consider Hamas a terrorist group NOT due to the fact that they have killed hundreds, but because, by definition, terrorism and armed struggle is built into the CHARTER of Hamas. The rest of the world is just putting it’s head into the sand, or want to be “politically correct”. Silly AP!