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Hamas welcomes deadly Allenby Crossing terror attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
Israeli security forces gather at the scene of a deadly terror attack near the Allenby Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan on September 8, 2024. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
Hamas hails the attacker who killed three Israelis in a a shooting near the Allenby Bridge crossing, describing him a “one of Jordan’s brave men.”
In a statement, Hamas says that the attack is a “natural response to the holocaust carried out by the Nazi Zionist enemy against our people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, and its plans for the Judaization of the Al Aqsa mosque.”
The terror group further calls on people in Arab and Muslim countries to rise up in support of Palestinians.
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