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GAZA, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic
Resistance Movement (Hamas) said Saturday it would carryout an attack that
Israel had never witnessed in revenge for its attempt to assassinate Hamas
founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in a leaflet distributed in Gaza and
the West Bank that it had instructed all its militants to attack Israeli targets
anywhere in the world and by all available means.
Israel's attempt to kill Yassin would be revenged soon, the group said,
adding that the revenge for "the Israeli crime" would be "extraordinary."
"We instructed all our acting military cells in the Palestinian territories
to be on alert and plan attacks to hit the enemy everywhere by all means," the
Hamas armed wing said."This crime to try to kill the head of the political
pyramid of Hamas movement and the symbol for all Arabs as well as his aide
Isma'el Haneya by F-16 warplanes represents a dangerous curve in the
confrontations with the Israelis," it said in the leaflet."Our response would be
of a different kind that Israel has not witnessed before," it added.
The leaflet also blasted the European Union, which has put the Hamas
movement on a list of terrorist organizations."We were surprised by the latest
EU position that gave Israel alegal cover to carry out this crime against our
leaders and gavethe Zionists the green light to continue the aggression on our
people," the leaflet said.
During a huge demonstration in Gaza City to show support for Yassin,
members of the Hamas's armed wing threatened to assassinate Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon as a act of revenge. Enditem
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