9 August  2001

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

Military communiqué

Qassam Brigades

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

With the grace of Allah the Qassam Mujahid:

Ezzeldin Shuhail Ahmed Al-Masri

From the village of Ekaba, Jenin district

this afternoon Thursday 9/8/2001, 19^th Jumada Awal 1422 launched a martyrdom operation in a restaurant in the heart of occupied Al-Quds inflicting large number of casualties in Zionist lines. The operation came to avenge the blood of our children, women and old people and in defense of Al-Quds and Palestine. The operation is also a gift to souls of the martyrs in Jenin Mujahid Mahmoud Mousa (Abu Musaab), Jamal Daifallah and a loyal gesture to the Mujahideen leaders Jamal Mansour, Jamal Salim, Salah Darwaza and their brothers in Jabal Al-Nar and the Bethlehem martyrs Omar Saadeh, Taha Al-Urouj and their brothers in addition to Qassam martyrs Amer Hudeiri and Fawaz Badran from Tulkarm and Aqsa Brigades’ martyrs in Fara and the Mujahideen martyrs Mohammed Basharat and their brothers.

This retaliation is the first in a series of Qassam strikes that will teach the Zionists an unforgettable lesson as a penalty for their cowardly act of liquidating Mujahideen and activists of the Palestinian people.

Allahu Akbar wa Lillah Al-Hamd

Wa Allahu Akbar and victory to Islam

And it is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

Qassam Brigades – Jenin District
Military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
9-8-2001