GAZA: ISLAMIC JIHAD CLAIM REPSONSIBILITY FOR SUICIDE BOMBING IN ISRAELI TOWN OF NETANYA.

Record ID: 358903

  • Title: GAZA: ISLAMIC JIHAD CLAIM REPSONSIBILITY FOR SUICIDE BOMBING IN ISRAELI TOWN OF NETANYA.
  • Date: 31st March 2003
  • Summary: (EU) GAZA (MARCH 30, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. MV/CU: ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADER ABDALLAH SHAMI SITTING IN OFFICE, CU HANDS (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ISLAMIC JIHAD ABDALLAH SHAMI SAYING: "The operation which took place in Netanya today is part of our struggle - on the day marking Land Day - and it reassures our attachment to this country and t
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  • Location: GAZA
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA76XE1NJY49PPZ63NB8ZG1EQV8
  • Story Text: The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad has
    claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that wounded at
    least 30 people in a crowded pedestrian mall in the seaside
    Israeli town of Netanya, the first such attack since the start
    of the U.S.-led war on Iraq.

    Islamic Jihad leader Abdallah Shami said his group had
    sent the bomber and that it would continue its armed
    resistance against Israel.



    Speaking in Gaza hours after Sunday's (March 30) blast
    Shami said the bombing showed Palestinian "solidarity" with
    Iraq.

    He said: "The operation which took place in Netanya today
    is part of our struggle - on the day marking Land Day - and it
    reassures our attachment to this country and the fact that we
    will never leave this country despite the aggressions and
    threats which we are faced with because of the occupation.

    "This was also done in solidarity with the Iraqi people
    and their steadfastness against the attacks of the British and
    American who are serving the interests of Israel first and
    foremost. The objectives and interests of Israel's war and the
    war against our people are the same."
    In a faxed statement Islamic Jihad claimed it had sent a
    first wave of suicide bombers to Baghdad to help Iraqis fight
    U.S. and British troops.

    "Al-Quds Brigades brings to our people and nation the good
    news of the arrival of its first martyrdom (attackers) to the
    heart of Baghdad," said a statement from the armed wing of
    Islamic Jihad.

    "This is to fulfil the holy duty of defending Arab and
    Muslim land," it said.

    Islamic Jihad is listed as a terrorist organisation by the
    U.S. government.


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