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Blast in Beit Lahiya Preparation for "Quality Attack"

Blast in Beit Lahiya Preparation for
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Source: Al-Manar TV, 13-06-2008

Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades confirmed Friday that the operatives who died in Thursday's explosion in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya were making last-minute preparations for a "special mission", a Hamas codename for a "high-quality" attack.

According to the statement, the dead were operatives of a special Hamas unit. The organization promised that its people will "continue following in the path of those killed."

A Hamas resistance fighter who was wounded in Thursday's died Friday morning. Hamas' announcement does not refer to the blast's circumstances.

On Thursday, Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida said that as a result of the ‘Israeli' army denying its involvement, the military wing will conduct an investigation into the blast and make its results public immediately.

Hamas' announcement say that Ahmed Randur, commander of the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades in north Gaza was present at the time of the explosion and lightly injured as a result.

Additional senior Hamas officials were present at the scene including Beit Lahiya Hamas Area Commander Ahmed Hamouda, whose house is the one which exploded. His daughter was killed in the blast. Hassan Abu Shakfa and Ashraf Mushtaha, both senior officials in Hamas' military wing were killed as well.

Meanwhile, at a visit at the military prep school at Kibbutz Shoval in the Negev on Friday, ‘Israeli' Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) criticized the political security cabinet's decision to hold negotiations with the Palestinians.

According to Mofaz, "the cabinet's decision is problematic and unfavorable for ‘Israel'. We needed to change our policies regarding the Gaza Strip a year ago when the Hamas rose to power. Today, we are a year late and we still have not reached the right decision."


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