31 December 2000

In the name of Allah the most gracious the most Merciful

Press Release
On the assassination of Fatah official
And the heroic operation against Kach leader

Commenting on the assassination crime of the Fatah Movement’s secretary in Tulkarem martyr Thabet Thabet and on the heroic operation that targeted the leader of the Zionist Kach movement, a responsible source in the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said:

The crime of assassinating secretary of the Fatah Movement in Tulkarem martyr Thabet Thabet falls in line with the ongoing campaign of terror and murder launched by gangsters of the Zionist enemy’s army against our people’s Mujahideen and strugglers. It also falls in line with the cold-blooded murders against our peoples in all Islamic and national factions and forces.

We condemn the assassination crime and affirm that blood of the martyr along with other martyrs of our people will not be wasted and that it will turn into fire burning the occupier. Our people’s retaliation to the enemy’s crimes will be more escalation of the intifada and resistance.

The heroic operation launched by our people’s heroes and Mujahideen this morning against leader of the Zionist Kach movement Benjamin Meir Kahana son of the slain rabbi Meir Kahana is the appropriate answer to crimes of that enemy’s army and its herds of settlers.

The Zionist enemy and settlers should pay a costly price in return for what their daily crimes of murder, terrorism, assassination and destruction against our people and their property and against Al-Quds, the Aqsa and the holy shrines. Our people should not remain the only one paying the price out of their unarmed sons’ dear blood.

Such heroic operations are the best alternative to the infertile negotiations and the strong retaliation to Clinton’s proposals that belittles our people and their full rights in Al-Quds, return and liberation.

We call on our people along with all forces and factions to escalate the intifada and intensify painful Jihad operations against occupation. We urge them to pressure the Authority to end once and for all the humiliating settlement process and to unite over a national program that concentrates on steadfastness and resistance.  

The Islamic Resistance Movement
(Hamas – Palestine)
31 December 2000