22 June 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 …”

“…they deemed that their strongholds would protect them from Allah. But Allah reached them from a place whereof they recked not…”

Qassam brigades military communiqué

To the Zionist terrorists

If you allow your army and settlers to wreak havoc then our Brigades will be on the watch and you will see rather than hear (our revenge).

To our Palestinian masses … to the Arab and Islamic Nation

The Qassam Brigades declare responsibility with the grace of Allah for the heroic martyrdom operation that targeted a military convoy in the heart of the so-called Doget settlement that is colonizing part of the northern sector of our lands in the Gaza Strip.

Our Palestinian people: The Qassam Brigades also declare the name of the executor of that operation the hero martyr:

Mujahid Ismail Basheer Al-Mi’sawabi

who launched the operation on behalf of the Arab and Islamic Nation to retaliate to the Zionist occupation’s policy of murder and repression.

Our proud masses:

If the Zionist enemy declares that it has a free hand to assassinate and kidnap anyone, we also declare that our hands are free in all areas of our occupied lands in Palestine against the Zionist terrorists. We vow before Allah then before you to continue along the road of Jihad and martyrdom until defeat of occupation.

And it is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

Qassam Brigades
Friday 30^th Rabee Awal 1422H
22/6/2001AD