27 January 2003

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 bear the glad tidings to the Arab and Muslim Ummah on the martyrdom of the Sheikh Radwan martyrs. We have reached the conclusion, after our investigations and listening to eyewitnesses, that a Zionist Apache helicopter gunship had fired a missile at a building in Sheikh Radwan suburb in Gaza city on Monday evening 24^th Thul Qi’da 1423H – 27/1/2003AD which led to great destruction in the house and the injury of many citizens in addition to the martyrdom of one of the Mujahideen and two juveniles.

The martyrs are:

-Marty Mujahid / Mohammed Mohammed Al-Atal, 27, Qassam member

     -Martyr child / Mohammed Mohammed Salama, 15, and his sister the martyr child / Sabreen Mohammed Salama, 13

The Qassam Brigades promise that the retaliation to that crime would not be too far, God willing, and would target invaders on each and every inch of our occupied lands.

 And it is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

Qassam Brigades
Monday 24^th Thul Qi’da 1423H
27/1/2003AD