6 November  2002

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

 “It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah: when thou threwest, it was not thy act, but Allah's…”

Qassam Brigades military communiqué

Our Mujahid Palestinian people … our Arab and Muslim Ummah:

The Qassam Brigades affirm anew loyalty to blood of our Mujahid Palestinian people’s martyrs and here is the enemy paying the bill of its crimes from the blood of those who usurped our lands and displaced our people. On Wednesday morning 1^st Ramadan 1423H – 6/11/2002AD our hero:

Martyr / Ismail Ashor Breif from the Amal suburb in Khan Younis city, 25, advanced into the Rafih Yam settlement and killed two of the usurpation soldiers and wounded two others, according to the enemy’s confession.

The Qassam Brigades convey the good news of the operation to our Arab and Muslim Ummah and affirm the following:

First: This operation is meant to avenge the martyrs of Rafah and Khan Younis and the assassination of two Qassam field commanders in Nablus city the day before yesterday.

Second: The Zionist campaigns of arrests, assassinations and crimes will not stop the march of resistance until the last settlement is erased from our land and until the departure of the last usurper from it.

Third: We affirm that the march of Jihad and martyrdom will progress and escalate until ejection of occupation.

And it is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

Qassam Brigades
Wednesday 1^st Ramadan 1423H
6/11/2002AD