A group within the Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for opening fire at an Israeli patrol car in Hebron, killing an officer on Monday morning, as Israeli forces heavily deployed in the area in response to the attack.
A statement issued by the Imad Mughaniyeh group said it fired toward the patrol car near the Al-Fawwar refugee camp south of Hebron, killing one officer and injuring three others, in response to Israel's deadly raid on Gaza-bound aid fleet, killing nine passengers on board two weeks ago.
| More Palestinian than thou. How quaint. |
Meanwhile, the Islamic Jihad movement praised the assault, which they said "proved Palestinian fighters are keen on resistance ... all Palestinians have the right to resist and the right to reject negotiations," a party statement read.
| "Thump your chests louder, lads -- show 'em what you're made of!" |
Shots were fired by Israeli forces invading towns and villages around the Al-Fawwar refugee camp following the gun attack south of the illegal Israeli settlement of Haggay on Monday morning.
| Since by Palestinian definition, if it's Israeli it's illegal, regardless of actual facts. |
Reports from several nearby Palestinian villages and towns, including Dura and As-Samu, said troops stormed the areas, apparently looking for unidentified gunmen.
The entrance of the Al-Fawwar camp was blocked, a Palestinian motorcyclist identified as Hasan Arqoub was detained in Dura, and a busload of students were prevented from traveling to school by a roadblock. The students were due to take their high school exit test.
| No doubt the students were devastated. |
According to the Israeli news site Ynet, a "massive security and rescue forces have been dispatched the area," looking for those who perpetrated the attack, which left one officer dead and at least two others injured, Israeli media reported.
"This was definitely a terrorist attack," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Haaretz about the incident.
Israeli media said a car of police officers was "ambushed" by unknown gunmen south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. |