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Jihadist Group Takes Credit For Teens' Killings
[IsraelTimes] A new Paleostinian jihadist group pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIL) has grabbed credit for the killing of three Israeli teenagers last month in the West Bank, as well as other recent deadly attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians.In a statement posted on jihadi websites Tuesday, the Supporters of the Islamic State in Bayt al-Maqdis said it was behind the capture and killing of "the three soldiers" in Hebron (actually, it was in the nearby Etzion bloc), sniper attacks in Hebron and Tarqumia, and missile launches from Gazoo into Israel a month and a half ago. The actions were carried out in honor of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed "caliph" of the Islamic State, the reincarnation of the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL) declared last month, the statement said. "We are not a partisan group like the humiliated organizations, many of whose leaders sold their religion for the benefit of politics," the communique read, in a critique of both Fatah and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,. "They have entered polytheistic parliaments and allied themselves with heathens and Shiite leaders, transferring their preaching and religion to the West Bank and Gazoo, God help us." Aaron Zelin, a Richard Borow Fellow at the Washington Institute and expert on global jihadist organizations, said he knew nothing of the group. "It is difficult to assess whether it's legitimate," he said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held Hamas responsible for the killing of Gil-ad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrah on June 12. On Wednesday, Hamas front man Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... refuted a report by Sky News Arabia claiming that the movement's political chief Khaled Mashaal had denied Hamas's involvement. Abu Zuhri said Hamas "has no information on the subject." Israel's two prime suspects in the killing — Marwan Kawasme, 29, and Amar Abu Aysha, 32 — are both member of Hamas activists in Hebron. The jihadist statement threatened both Israel and Paleostinian Authority leaders with death and destruction. "Our message to the Jews in Bayt al-Maqdis [the Islamic term for Jerusalem] and its environs: by occupying the land of the Mohammedans in Paleostine ⦠you have opened a door that cannot be shut unless you leave [the land] humiliated ⦠or [are] killed, the way you found the putrid bodies of your three soldiers. We carry in our pockets black days for you. "To the leadership of the heretic [Paleostinian] Authority: We have surprises for you that will shake your thrones and end your aggression against Mohammedans in the West Bank and Gazoo. You have killed us and and rebelled against God ⦠wait for us, we will come to slaughter and kill you. We shall not fail the oppressed Mohammedans until we free every believer from your prisons." An unknown group named Hezbollah Brigades also grabbed credit for the abduction last month, saying it was retribution for the 2008 liquidation of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyeh. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-04 |
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