21 January 2001

In the name of Allah the most gracious the most Merciful

 “It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah: when thou threwest , it was not thy act, but Allah's …”

Military communiqué issued by Qassam Brigades unit “103”

Retaliation to kidnapping Palestinian girl

Our Mujahid people

We did not rest following our latest operation but rather launched a fresh painful one against the arrogant Zionists. We would never let the herds of settlers spread corruption with no punishment. Your unit that of revenge: “103” pledged to strike with force and to chose its targets accurately. The enemy’s Generals and rats did not expect our operation this time at the same place of the former one with the simple difference of a more powerful explosion and heavier losses.

We were able, with the grace of Allah, this morning Monday 22/1/2001 at 7:7 am to blast a Zionist tank allocated to escorting Israeli army and settlers’ convoys. Our Mujahideen, with the help of Allah, were able to plant a remote-controlled 40-kilogram explosive device less than one meter away from the tank leading to its complete destruction. We affirm that our Mujahideen were able for the second time to record the operation on videotape and we are surprised over the media blackout on our first operation, which came in retaliation to the assassinations and which was distributed then.

Our proud people

This operation falls in line with the series of reprisals to the Zionist entity’s savage massacres against our stationed and unarmed people especially the kidnapping of a Palestinian girl from Bir Nabala and poses as a last warning to the herds of settlers who have escalated their offensive against our steadfast and stationed people in Khan Younis.

We in the Qassam Brigades / unit “103” only own our souls and bodies, along with the grace of Allah, that we would willingly sacrifice for the sake of our people without any partisan or political discrimination. We are your arm that strikes the usurping Zionist enemy.

Allahu Akbar wa Lilahu Hamad

It is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

Qassam Brigades

Unit “103”