Deze operatie was volgens Islamitische Jihad de reden om het staakt-het-vuren in Gaza te schenden en verschillende Qassams op Israël af te vuren, met 2 lichtgewonden tot gevolg. Een paar dagen geleden had een activist van Islamitische Jihad nog tegenover NOS verslaggever Sander van Hoorn verklaard, dat men Israëlische operaties op de Westoever vanuit de Westoever zou vergelden, en men zich aan het staakt-het-vuren zou houden. Een belofte die I.J. ook aan Hamas heeft gedaan. Tot zover de beloftes van de Islamitische Jihad.
Het NOS journaal van dinsdag nam de versie van Islamitische Jihad over en relateerde de Qassams aan de dood van een senior I.J.-leider op de Westoever, maar vermeldde niet dat Israël hem doodde terwijl hij een terroristische aanslag aan het voorbereiden was. Men vond wapens en explosieven in zijn appartement.
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IDF forces kill two Palestinian militants in the West Bank
By Avi Issacharoff , Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press
Israel Defense Forces troops operating in the West Bank city of Nablus killed two Palestinian militants early Tuesday morning.
One of the militants belonged to Islamic Jihad and the other to Hamas.
Also early Tuesday, Palestinian militants from Gaza fired a mortar shell at the western Negev, in the first such strike since a cease-fire went into effect in the coastal territory. No injuries or damage were caused.
The IDF West Bank raid took place near the student dormitory of An-Najah University. Neighbors say they found them riddled with bullets and shrapnel after the raid.
The militants were named as 24-year-old Iad Hanfar, of Hamas, and the second as Taker Abu Rali, a senior Islamic Jihad militant.
According to the IDF, Abu Rali was planning an attack on Israel. Troops discovered ammunition, explosives and rifles in his apartment.
An Egyptian-brokered cease-fire agreement was struck between Israel and Hamas last week, but the deal extends to the Gaza Strip only, and leaves the IDF free to operate in the West Bank.
While Islamic Jihad said it would abide by the cease-fire, the group has also said it would reserve the right "to respond to the Zionist violations" of the truce.
"Any aggression, in the Gaza Strip or West Bank, requires a response by the resistance," Abu Ahmed told Haaretz last week. "But the mechanism of response, its place and time, will be decided according to the nature of the aggression."
Nablus's governor Jamal Muheisen called the IDF raid in the city an "unjustified crime" but said he did not believe it would threaten the Gaza truce.
Security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were deployed in Nablus late last year as part of a Western-backed law and order campaign coordinated with Israel.
But local Palestinian commanders say frequent IDF raids into the city have undercut that effort.
One of the militants belonged to Islamic Jihad and the other to Hamas.
Also early Tuesday, Palestinian militants from Gaza fired a mortar shell at the western Negev, in the first such strike since a cease-fire went into effect in the coastal territory. No injuries or damage were caused.
The IDF West Bank raid took place near the student dormitory of An-Najah University. Neighbors say they found them riddled with bullets and shrapnel after the raid.
The militants were named as 24-year-old Iad Hanfar, of Hamas, and the second as Taker Abu Rali, a senior Islamic Jihad militant.
According to the IDF, Abu Rali was planning an attack on Israel. Troops discovered ammunition, explosives and rifles in his apartment.
An Egyptian-brokered cease-fire agreement was struck between Israel and Hamas last week, but the deal extends to the Gaza Strip only, and leaves the IDF free to operate in the West Bank.
While Islamic Jihad said it would abide by the cease-fire, the group has also said it would reserve the right "to respond to the Zionist violations" of the truce.
"Any aggression, in the Gaza Strip or West Bank, requires a response by the resistance," Abu Ahmed told Haaretz last week. "But the mechanism of response, its place and time, will be decided according to the nature of the aggression."
Nablus's governor Jamal Muheisen called the IDF raid in the city an "unjustified crime" but said he did not believe it would threaten the Gaza truce.
Security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were deployed in Nablus late last year as part of a Western-backed law and order campaign coordinated with Israel.
But local Palestinian commanders say frequent IDF raids into the city have undercut that effort.
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