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| Al-Qassam: We'll regroup in West Bank |
| 2009-12-14 |
| [Ma'an] The military wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, says it is attempting to regroup in the West Bank and resume its resistance of the Israeli occupation. "Nobody will be able to uproot resistance, and if they affect us, that will not last long ... The Mujahidin [religious combatants] of Al-Qassam Brigades will remain positioned in their bunkers, protecting the Gaza borders during the central festival commemorating Hamas' 22nd anniversary," the group's spokesman Abu Ubayda also told reporters on Sunday. The spokesman added that the Al-Qassam Brigades would not abandon the positions inside the Gaza Strip's borders in order to ensure that Israel would not undertake another incursion into the Gaza Strip. "Al-Qassam is still on the right track after all sacrifices made during which the best leaders and soldiers were either killed martyrs, wounded, or imprisoned," Abu Ubayda asserted. Al-Qassam has had little presence in the West Bank since Fatah consolidated power there following Hamas' 2007 takeover of Gaza. Hamas is banned by the Palestinian Authority from operating in public in the West Bank, and also faces arrests and killings by the Israeli military. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Hallo, Noam's pest control? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-14 02:11 |