Hamas vows to revenge al-Qawasmi assassination

The Palestinian Hamas movement has vowed to avenge the killing of the leader of the military wing of the movement in the West Bank, Abdul Aziz al-Qawasmi, at the hands of the Israeli army.

The leading figure in the movement Abdul Aziz al- Ranteisi said that the "Zionist terrorist operations can not pass unpunished." He stressed that Hamas will retaliate "this aggression when our blood are shed. the price of every drop of our blood will be paid."

In a statement to the Qatari based al-Jazira TV yesterday, al-Ranteisi said that the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon continues killing the Palestinians. He considered that the killing of al-Qawasimi will affect the inter-Palestinian dialogue because this dialogue will not be at the expense of the Palestinian bloods. He explained "we will resist the Zionist terrorism as if no dialogue is being made and we will make a dialogue as if there is no Zionist terrorism."

In a statement, Ezz Eddine al-Qassam groups threatened revenge. It said that the answer is coming and "over their crime against leader al-Qawasmi."