Hamas claims morning’s shooting attack, vows to carry out more assaults in Hebron area

The Izz a-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, claims responsibility for a shooting and stabbing attack this morning near the West Bank village of Beit Einun, north of Hebron, in which an Israeli man in his 50s was seriously wounded.

The attack “is the beginning of a rapid response to the cowardly assassination of our great national leader, the martyr Ismail Haniyeh,” the terror group writes in its claim. It also indicates that the Hebron area will be “at the forefront” of retaliatory attacks in the coming days.

The terror group further claims an attack against Israeli security forces near the Ibrahimi mosque, the Muslim name for the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the old city of Hebron. The incident has not been reported by Israeli authorities or Hebrew media. The IDF tells The Times of Israel there has been no attempted attack near the Tomb of the Patriarchs.