Terror group affiliated with Fatah claims attack near Hebron, provides no proof

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade issues a statement claiming today’s shooting attack near Hebron, in which an Israeli woman was killed and a man seriously wounded.

The group does not, however, provide any evidence that the attackers, who are still on the run and whose identities are unknown, are its members.

After such attacks, it is customary for the responsible terror group to publish the name and images of the perpetrator, and sometimes videos of the operations.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade claims to be the armed wing of Fatah, the political movement ruling the Palestinian Authority, although in recent years Fatah officials have attempted to distance themselves from the terror organization.

In its statement, the group writes that the operation is a “natural response to the crimes of the occupation,” and highlights that the attack has taken place on the anniversary of the “Zionist crime” of the burning of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969.

On August 21, 1969, a mentally unstable Christian Australian with no relation to Israel set fire to the pulpit inside the Jerusalem mosque, considered the third holiest site in Islam.