28 April 2002

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

 Military communiqué

Qassam Brigades

 All praises to Allah and peace be upon His Messenger

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

With the grace of Allah one of the units of the Qassam Brigades managed to storm the Jewish settlement of “Adora” established on our fathers and forefathers’ lands in Khalil. The unit was able to kill five Zionists and wound many others some of whom sustaining severe injuries according to the enemy’s own reports. We will soon publish details of the operation as soon as security circumstances of this heroic and qualitative operation allow.

The brigades launched this operation to avenge for the Zionist massacre against our people, to retaliate to the bloodbath in the Jenin refugee camp and the old town in Nablus and out of devotion to the Palestinian pure blood that is being daily shed on the holy land at the hands of the criminal mass-murderer Sharon, damn him. We also launched the operation to revenge for the Zionist assassination of our leaders, the Qassam martyr Akram Al-Atrash commander of the Qassam Brigades in Khalil district and the hero martyr Marwan Zalloum, commander of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

We in the Qassam Brigades declare our full responsibility for this heroic operation, affirming that our efforts solely target satisfaction of Almighty Allah. We affirm to all that our operations would continue everywhere using all means until expulsion of occupation. We will prove to the spiteful Sharon and his Generals that they are unable to protect their people until they evacuate our lands.

Finally we salute our Qassam Mujahideen the executors of that operation and all martyrs and detainees, affirming to them that blood and sacrifices of their people would not be wasted.

 And it is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

 Qassam Brigades
Al-Quds – Palestine
Sunday 16^th Safar 1423H
28^th April 2002AD