4 August 2002

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

The heroic “North Palestine” operation affirms the Palestinian people do not betray blood of their martyrs and they are adamant on liberating lands and holy shrines

Once again heroes of the Qassam Brigades live up to their promises voiced following the “Daraj suburb” massacre in the Gaza city and strongly and quickly retaliate. Their first reprisal was on 31^st July in the Hebrew University in Al-Quds and the second reprisal this morning 4^th August in north Palestine. With the grace of Allah the Qassam heroes cross all barricades and guards and deal one blow after the other in areas the enemy or its security apparatuses, which are on unprecedented state of alert, do not expect. Those Mujahideen prove that this land is capable of producing more heroes by that great Mujahid people who never betray blood of martyrs or surrender their lands or holy shrines. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and the oppressor is the one who begins.

Today’s operation falls at a time when occupation authorities are persisting in aggression and repression of our people in Nablus including arrests, torture and assassinations in lines of the Palestinian citizens. And at a time those authorities started to demolish houses of scores of families of martyrdom commandos and to deport their relatives in an unprecedented step. This is taking place with American support and an international cover represented in the UN secretary general who issued a “shameful” report considering the Zionist entity innocent in the Jenin massacre, which served as additional encouragement to Zionists to commit more massacres and crimes!

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, salutes the Mujahideen of the Qassam Brigades and all Mujahideen and strugglers in resistance factions and affirms that pure blood of the Palestinian people that is shed on the land of holy Palestine  will turn into damnation on occupiers who will pay dearly. We affirm that the Zionist blood is not more precious than that pure blood and that all repressive and security measures will not avert painful strikes against occupation and its targets on all areas of our usurped lands. We also affirm that resistance would persist, God willing, until ejection of occupation from our holy land.

And it is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

The Islamic Resistance Movement
Hamas – Palestine
Sunday 25^th Jumada Awal 1423H
4^th August 2002AD