RT
Published: 14 November, 2012, 20:04
Palestinians extinguish the fire after an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City November 14, 2012. (Reuters)
(6.8Mb)embed videoHamas says that it is now in a state of "open war" indefinitely with Israel after the killing of the Hamas commander Ahmed Jabari by an Israeli airstrike.
FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES
The assassination has "opened the gates of hell," the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were quoted by AFP as saying. They vowed to "continue the path of resistance."
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an immediate Arab League meeting in response to Wednesday's attack.
Mosques across Gaza were packed with mourners vowing revenge, as Hamas said no tactic would be left off of the table following the strike.
"The resistance's options are now open and they include suicide attacks and quality attacks in Israel cities," Ynet cites top Hammas commander Ismail al-Ashkar as saying.
Hamas spokesman Khalil Al Haya vowed its Zionist enemy would "pay a price for this cowardly assassination,” the Telegraph quotes him as saying.
"The Zionist enemy does not know mediators and does not know control or agreements. The Zionist enemy has for long spilt our peoples, blood, men, women, children, and elders. The battle between us and the enemy is open and will end, God willing, with the liberation of Jerusalem," Haya added.
Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq said the assassination will not "break the will of our people, nor weaken our resistance," Al-Rishq wrote on his Facebook page, Al Ahram reported.
He added that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is using the "war crime" to appear tough on national security as part of his reelection bid, though his plan could backfire.
Fatah’s former chief negotiator Saeb Erekat wrote “this exposes that Israel has an agenda for war but not for peace” on Twitter.
"We hold Israel responsible for the consequences that this new act of aggression would bring to the region,” he continued.
Washington said it is closely watching developments in Gaza, a Pentagon spokesman said.
"We're monitoring the situation closely. We stand by our Israeli partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism," Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Warren said.
Egypt's foreign ministry released a statement calling on Israel to stop its strikes on Gaza Strip immediately.
The Muslim Brotherhood controlled government says it "will not allow the Palestinians to be subjected to Israeli aggression," the Jerusalem Post cites him as saying.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) killed Jabari in an airstrike on his car in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Israel's TV Channel 2 says his son also died in the missile attack. There are also reports that Raed al-Atar, the commander of Hamas's southern division, was also killed.
The attack comes as the first step in an Israeli operation which could see IDF troops on the ground in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Air Force strikes reportedly hit at least 20 rocket-launching pads belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, “seriously damaging their long-range missile capabilities,” an Israeli military spokesman said. IDF tank fire also struck targets in Gaza.
A Palestinian health ministry in Gaza says that nine people, including one child, were killed in the strikes. The Red Cross reports that at least 20 others have been wounded.
Jabari, who was deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing, is the most senior Hamas official to be assassinated since Israel’s sweeping 2008 military operation in Gaza which resulted in the death of some 1,800 Palestinians. In reponse to the targeted assassination, the IDF characterized Jabari as a "man with a lot of blood on his hands."
FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES
The assassination has "opened the gates of hell," the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were quoted by AFP as saying. They vowed to "continue the path of resistance."
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an immediate Arab League meeting in response to Wednesday's attack.
Mosques across Gaza were packed with mourners vowing revenge, as Hamas said no tactic would be left off of the table following the strike.
"The resistance's options are now open and they include suicide attacks and quality attacks in Israel cities," Ynet cites top Hammas commander Ismail al-Ashkar as saying.
Hamas spokesman Khalil Al Haya vowed its Zionist enemy would "pay a price for this cowardly assassination,” the Telegraph quotes him as saying.
"The Zionist enemy does not know mediators and does not know control or agreements. The Zionist enemy has for long spilt our peoples, blood, men, women, children, and elders. The battle between us and the enemy is open and will end, God willing, with the liberation of Jerusalem," Haya added.
Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq said the assassination will not "break the will of our people, nor weaken our resistance," Al-Rishq wrote on his Facebook page, Al Ahram reported.
He added that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is using the "war crime" to appear tough on national security as part of his reelection bid, though his plan could backfire.
Fatah’s former chief negotiator Saeb Erekat wrote “this exposes that Israel has an agenda for war but not for peace” on Twitter.
"We hold Israel responsible for the consequences that this new act of aggression would bring to the region,” he continued.
Washington said it is closely watching developments in Gaza, a Pentagon spokesman said.
"We're monitoring the situation closely. We stand by our Israeli partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism," Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Warren said.
Egypt's foreign ministry released a statement calling on Israel to stop its strikes on Gaza Strip immediately.
The Muslim Brotherhood controlled government says it "will not allow the Palestinians to be subjected to Israeli aggression," the Jerusalem Post cites him as saying.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) killed Jabari in an airstrike on his car in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Israel's TV Channel 2 says his son also died in the missile attack. There are also reports that Raed al-Atar, the commander of Hamas's southern division, was also killed.
The attack comes as the first step in an Israeli operation which could see IDF troops on the ground in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Air Force strikes reportedly hit at least 20 rocket-launching pads belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, “seriously damaging their long-range missile capabilities,” an Israeli military spokesman said. IDF tank fire also struck targets in Gaza.
A Palestinian health ministry in Gaza says that nine people, including one child, were killed in the strikes. The Red Cross reports that at least 20 others have been wounded.
Jabari, who was deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing, is the most senior Hamas official to be assassinated since Israel’s sweeping 2008 military operation in Gaza which resulted in the death of some 1,800 Palestinians. In reponse to the targeted assassination, the IDF characterized Jabari as a "man with a lot of blood on his hands."
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar