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Sunday, September 8, 2024
Palestinian Islamic Jihad praises deadly Allenby Crossing terror attack
Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group praises the attacker who carried out the deadly shooting near the Allenby Bridge crossing that killed three Israelis.
In a statement on its Telegram channel, the PIJ describes the attacker who arrived at the crossing from Jordan as a “hero,” and said the assault is an “expression of the sentiments of the Jordanian people and the Arab and Muslim peoples towards the brutal massacres committed by the enemy.”
“This heroic attack and similar ones are the only response that the American administration understands,” the statement adds, accusing the United States of being an “accomplice” to Israel.
