A senior member of Islamic Jihad in Gaza says his group has completed its response to Israel’s elimination last week of Baha Abu al-Ata, a top military leader in the terror organization.
“The resistance was able to totally paralyze half of the occupation state,” Mohammed al-Hindi, a member of Islamic Jihad’s politburo, tells Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV, praising his group’s rocket onslaught on the Jewish state, including Tel Aviv.
Hindi also defends Hamas’s decision to refrain from attacking Israel and joining the fray.
“Hamas and Islamic Jihad are twin brothers,” he says.
“Responding to the crime of assassinating Baha Abu al-Ata is not required of everyone,” adds Hindi. “It is not wise for the Qassam Brigades to involve itself in responding to the crime, so that the confrontation does not develop.”
— with Adam Rasgon
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