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| Islamic Jihad predicts 'imminent' Israeli attack |
| 2009-10-04 |
| Ma'an -- Islamic Jihad's armed wing expects Israel to renew attacks on Gaza soon, an official alleged on Saturday. Abu Ahmad, spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, said "developments" had led the militant wing to suspect Israel was planning an imminent but unspecified incursion in "the coming days or weeks." He did not elaborate. But he also applauded Thursday's agreement that saw 19 Palestinian women and girls released from Israeli prisons after Hamas produced a video proving that captured soldier Gilad Shalit was still alive. "The Al-Quds Brigades believe the big swap was honorable at every stage, as the resistance will never bow to Israeli pressure," he said. "We will not tolerate foreign intervention pushing a deal forward at any price." He added that Islamic Jihad considered the partial swap a victory not only for the freed prisoners, but for Shalit's captors, as well, and despite "political pressure to hand him over [without an extended deal]." |
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