Haniyeh: Israel to pay ‘heavy price’

Ismail Haniyeh, the former Hamas PM of Gaza, released a statement late Thursday promising Israel will pay a heavy price in retaliation for the elimination of three senior members of the organization’s military wing.

Then-Hamas Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniyeh (L) flashes the V-sign as he greets the movement's deputy leader, Moussa Abu Marzuk, upon his arrival in Gaza City, on Monday, April 21, 2014 (photo credit: AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
Then-Hamas prime minister of the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniyeh (left) flashes the V sign as he greets the movement’s deputy leader, Moussa Abu Marzouk, upon his arrival in Gaza City, on Monday, April 21, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Mahmud Hams)

“The path is long, and the fighters of the al-Qassam Brigades will cause the enemy to pay a heavy price. The crimes of the enemy only strengthen our adherence to our demands of a stop to aggression, a lifting of the siege and a life of freedom,” Haniyeh wrote, according to a Ynet translation.

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