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Al-Qassam fighter succumbs to wounds sustained in accident
Jan. 17, 2019 11:01 A.M. (Updated : Jan. 17, 2019 11:01 A.M.)
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, succumbed on Thursday morning to wounds he had sustained earlier in a gun accident.

Al-Qassam confirmed in a statement that fighter, Ahmad Samih al-Fayumi , 20, succumbed to wounds he had sustained in a gun accident during a mission.

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Al-Qassam fighter dies of wounds sustained in accident
Jan. 16, 2019 1:32 P.M. (Updated : Jan. 17, 2019 11:01 A.M.)
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, succumbed on Wednesday to wounds he had sustained in an accidental explosion.

Al-Qassam said in a statement that fighter Hamdi Abed al-Karim Hijazi succumbed to wounds he had sustained last week.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed Hijazi’s death.

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» Israeli Army Kills A Fourth Palestinian In Gaza
IMEMC News - July 20, 2018 8:09 PM
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Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a fourth Palestinian, in the Gaza Strip, after it killed three others earlier.

The Health Ministry stated that an Israeli army sharpshooter shot Mohammad Sharif Badwan , 27, with a live round in the chest, east of Gaza City.

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Badwan is a member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas; he was killed while unarmed and participating in the Great Return March procession, east of Gaza city, when the soldiers attacked the protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, high-velocity gas bombs and concussion grenades.

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers also injured 120 Palestinians, including 50 who were rushed to hospitals in the coastal region.

One of the wounded Palestinians in a journalist, identified as Zaki Awadallah, who was shot by the army east of Gaza city.

Also on Friday, the soldiers killed three Palestinian fighters, and injured many residents, after the army fired missiles into two sites run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.

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Israel assassinates Shalit-deal prisoner in Gaza, Hamas says
March 25, 2017 10:33 A.M.
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement announced Friday night that former prisoner 35-year-old Mazen Fuqahaa was assassinated by unidentified assailants in southern Gaza City, accusing Israel of carrying out the targeted killing.

Unknown assailants opened fire at Fuqahaa at the entrance to a residence in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City, shooting four bullets into the man’s head before they fled the area, witnesses said.

The assassination was carried out with a gun equipped with a silencer, according to member of Hamas’s politburo Izzat al-Rishq.

Fuqahaa, from the northern occupied West Bank district of Tubas, was released from serving a life sentence in Israeli custody in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoners exchange deal, and then exiled to the besieged Gaza Strip.

According to Israeli media, Fuqahaa was a senior member of the al-Qassam Brigades, and had been sentenced to life in prison for planning a suicide bombing in northern Israel in 2002 that left nine people dead and tens of others wounded.

In a statement, the brigades said that it was “clear and obvious that this crime was arranged by the Zionist enemy,” referring to the state of Israel.

They went on to warn that “this enemy will be the ones who suffer the consequences and take responsibility for this crime,” and that Israel would “regret the day” they began carrying out stealth assassinations against “resistance fighters in Gaza.”

The Hamas movement called the assassination “a cowardly attack by the occupation,” promising that Israel would “pay for its crimes.”

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine also denounced the assassination, saying the killing “must be met with a harsh response by all resistance factions.”

The Islamic Jihad movement said Fuqahaa’s assassination marked the start of “a new offensive” by Israel against Palestinian resistance, and that the resistance had the right to respond and defend themselves.

Spokesperson for Gaza’s Ministry of Interior Iyad al-Buzm said security services had opened an investigation into the details of the incident.

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Undeterred by closures, Hamas still boasts of tunnel advantage - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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On Jan. 29, speaking to thousands of mourners at the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City for the funeral of seven al-Qassam Brigades fighters killed, Ismail Haniyeh, the deputy chairman of Hamas’ political bureau, stated that the tunnels have become a strategic weapon.

Haniyeh said in his speech, "The tunnels played a crucial role in our victory. It is from these tunnels that the mujahedeen carried out the Nahal Oz operation. From these tunnels, the mujahedeen captured Israeli soldier Oron Shaul and fought the Israeli occupation from ground zero. … The mujahedeen went behind enemy lines … and returned safely to their bases.”

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Gazan killed in tunnel collapse was Shalit prison guard
Dec. 30, 2015 10:36 P.M.
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement on Wednesday announced that one of the men who died when a tunnel in the Gaza Strip collapsed on Monday was a prison guard for former Israeli prisoner of Hamas, Gilaad Shalit.

The movement released a photo of Abdelrahman al-Mubashir pointing at Shalit during the Israeli soldier’s internment with Hamas between 2006 and 2011.

Hamas also released the names of four other deceased members of the Hamas military wing, al-Qassam Brigades, who took part in guarding Shalit for more than five years.

The general leader of the al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad Daif, identified the other four men as Sami al-Hamaydeh, Abdullah Ali Lubbad, Khalid Abu Bakra and Muhammad Rashid Daoud.

The al-Qassam Brigades captured Shalit in a joint operation with Jaysh al-Islam and the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades in June 2006 and held him for over 5 years until he was released in 2011 during an exchange deal which saw the release of 1027 Palestinian prisoners of Israel, dozens of which have been re-detained since.

Is Hamas preparing for long-term truce with Israel? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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Yet, Hamas’ military movement culminated with al-Qassam Brigades’ decision to send bulldozers and trucks May 23 to pave a road 250 meters (0.16 miles) away from the fence separating Gaza and Israel.

It seems as if Hamas, which has kept silent on al-Qassam Brigades’ moves, is now trying to find a balance between deterring the Israeli army and beginning to slowly shift from secretive operations to public work. It seems like al-Qassam Brigades is also trying to strengthen its legitimacy in any political agreements signed with Israel and wishing to boost the morale of Gazans, who were affected by the last war.

The most interesting part of al-Qassam Brigades’ latest move is that it is getting closer to Israeli army positions. Al-Monitor closely followed up on these developments during a field visit May 2 to the region. It seems as if Hamas wants to stress that Israel no longer has the upper hand in Gaza.

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PRC Spokesman: Future Operations Against the Enemy will be ‘Thorn in Israel’s Throat’ | Al Akhbar English
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AA: How is armament related to the number of fighters in the factions?

AM: Armament is based on the number of fighters on the ground. For example, there are 3,000 PRC fighters on the ground, 5,000 from the Islamic Jihad, and 10,000 from Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. Armament was sometimes disproportionate with the number of fighters on the ground and exceeded the set limit.

AA: Are you seeking to train your military cadres outside Gaza?

AM: A large number of field commanders received advanced training abroad. As for training youths outside of Gaza, the decision is linked to the security situation. We have no intention to get involved in matters that might impede the work of the resistance.

Gaza: Resistance fighters remain in position, on alert | Al Akhbar English
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The military wing of Islamic Jihad, al-Quds Brigade, announced the death of 60 of its fighters and so did al-Qassam Brigades and other factions. But none of them have issued an official and final count yet. Al-Quds Brigades said that a number of its martyrs died in massacres against civilians and were not in a state of military readiness or on the battlefield.

Israeli soldier ’missing’ since Sunday | Maan News Agency
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli soldier has been classified as “missing” since Sunday, Israeli media reported Tuesday, two days after Hamas’ military wing announced the capture of a soldier.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that a soldier had been declared missing and “presumed dead” after Palestinian militants attacked an armored vehicle carrying seven soldiers in Gaza City on Sunday.

The Hamas-affiliated al-Qassam Brigades said on Sunday night that it had captured an Israeli soldier, the first since the release of Gilad Shalit in 2011.(...)

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Hamas announce that they have captured an Israeli Soldier in #Gaza, they said his name is Shaul Aron.

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People in Gaza are dancing in the streeets! Celebrations!!

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Gaza: An exclusive look into the roles of al-Qassam Brigades and Islamic Jihad | Al Akhbar English
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As for coordination among different factions, the Qassam commander said they are in constant coordination with Islamic Jihad’s Saraya al-Quds (al-Quds Brigades) on long-range bombardment and mentioned that the other factions assumed the role of launching Grad and short-range rockets on settlements around Gaza.

In the meantime, a senior military source in the Saraya revealed that they are completely dependent on the rocket units on the ground. “This is in addition to the surveillance units deployed on the outskirts of Gaza, equipped with night vision goggles and sensitive cameras, to watch out for sea or land commandos, especially in al-Shujaiya to the east and Beit Hanoun to the north.”

Gaza: An exclusive look into the roles of #al-Qassam_Brigades and #Islamic_Jihad
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A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows rockets being fired from the #gaza_strip into #Israel, on July 12, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Jack Guez) A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows rockets being fired from the Gaza strip into Israel, on July 12, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Jack Guez)

In war, those who fight are safe and civilians die but not because the Resistance is using them as human shields, like Israel claims as it lobs bombs directly at civilians. The real reason is that the Resistance is now fighting from underground and with a high level of coordination, out of sight of the Israelis, leading to a reduced number of martyrs from the armed factions.

Ahmed (...)

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Medics : 4 killed in Gaza explosion | Maan News Agency
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Four People were killed and six others suffered injuries after an explosion in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, a medical official said.

Ashraf al-Qidra said that Mohammad Tayseer al-Hamdeen , 26, Bilal al-Hamdeen, Jafaar Odwaan and a fourth unidentified man were killed in the explosion.

Six others were injured including two children and a woman in critical condition, he added.

The four were all affiliated with Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades, and they arrived dead at the hospital, a Ma’an reporter said.

The house was severely damaged, and the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.

Earlier, an Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, the same official said.

Al-Qidra told Ma’an that three resistance fighters were killed by the airstrike in southeast Khan Younis near the Sufa crossing.

He identified the victims as Ismail Abu Judah , 23, Shahir Abu Shanab , 24, and 33-year-old Abd al-Shafi Muammar.

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The bodies were taken to the European Hospital in Khan Younis, al-Qidra said.

The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, said in a statement that the victims were militants affiliated to the group.

“They were in confrontation with the occupation trying to stop the progress of Israeli military vehicles which were approaching the area,” the statement said.

The Israeli army said in a statement that “terrorists affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the southern Gaza Strip fired a mortar shell at IDF forces.”

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Israeli war jets attack #Gaza
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Israeli fighter jets attacked the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday morning, sources on both sides said, hours after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave towards occupied territories. Palestinian security sources said two strikes targeted training sites of Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. In two additional air strikes at sites west of southern Gaza city Rafah two Palestinians were injured, the sources said. read more

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ALRAY-Palestinian Media Agency - Two, including 3-year-old girl, kille - ALRAY
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Gaza, ALRAY - Israeli occupation army launched on Tuesday afternoon air raids on different areas of the Gaza Strip.

ALRAY reporter said three-year-old girl has been killed and three others injured in an Israeli bombing east of Maghazi in central Gaza Strip.

One Palestinian was reportedly wounded in an Israeli gunfire coming from the north of Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza Strip has died in Kamal Odwan Hospital.

Israeli fighter jets raided on two training sites for Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis and al-Bureij district in central Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation artillery shelled on citizens’ land in eastern Gaza City neighborhood of al-Shejaiyah.

And did not report until the moment casualties were strikes and shelling by the Israeli comes just hours after the death of an Israeli was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper near the border east of Gaza.

The airstrikes come not long after an Israeli citizen was reported shot dead by a Palestinain sniper near the east border of Gaza city.

Al Khuffash: 210 children jailed in Israel’s prisons - Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades
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210 children jailed in Israel’s prisons
Al Khuffash: 210 children jailed in Israel’s prisons
22-09-2013,07:10

Gaza - Director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies Fouad Khuffash condemned Israel’s violations against the Palestinian children represented in its measures of detentions and trials.

Khuffash said in a statement that “the last crime carried out by the occupation sentencing Mohammad, and Ayman Abbasi to a half and one year,”

He indicated that both of them are under 14 and were previously detained.

Khuffash demanded UN institutions and child protection centers to bear their moral and legal responsibilities towards these unstopping violations.

“Nearly 210 Palestinian children lie in Israeli jails,” the statement said.

Most of the minors imprisoned by Israel are detained on charges like stone-throwing, Israel-based human rights group B’Tselem says.

He concluded by wondering "if these crimes against children are observed outside occupied Palestine, the world would not be silent; why this is not the case when it comes to the Palestinian minors nabbed? Are not they entitled to human rights?”

Palestinian Center for Human Rights
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Since Wednesday evening, 14 November 2012, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have escalated military attacks on the Gaza Strip. They first extra-judicially executed the leader of the Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) and his bodyguard. This attack was followed by a series of aerial, ground and sea attacks on civilian and paramilitary targets throughout the Gaza Strip. As a result of these attacks, 11 Palestinians, including 4 civilians (two children, a woman and an old man) have been killed and 115 others, including 26 children and 25 women, have been wounded. IOF have escalated the situation in spite of the quiet atmosphere that followed a previous wave of escalation. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is following up developments of this new offensive on the Gaza Strip. (...)