13 July 2001

"Think not of those who are slain in Allah's Way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the Presence of their Lord;"

Military communiqué issued by:

The Qassam Brigades

  To our proud Palestinian people:

The Qassam Brigades bear the glad tidings of the martyrdom of its martyr hero:

Atef Mohammed Tafesh

who martyred while planting explosive devices against occupation forces and herds of settlers along the road leading to the so-called “Nisanit” settlement that is located on our usurped land to the north of the Gaza Strip.

Our hero martyred after planting the devices. A Zionist armored force surrounded him. Our martyr managed to fire at the force and hurl a hand grenade at its members before rising to heaven as a martyr of Islam, Palestine and Qassam Brigades.

Our Mujahid Palestinian masses:

We in the Qassam Brigades while conveying the glad tidings about martyrdom of the hero Atef Tafesh, we vow before Allah then before you to continue along the road of Jihad and martyrdom until ejection of occupation, which will never rest on our Palestinian lands.

And its is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

Qassam Brigades 
Friday 22^nd Rabee Thani 1422H
13/7/2001AD