Hamas claims responsibility for attack near Jerusalem that killed Israeli soldier

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas assumed responsibility for the attack carried out this Thursday by three commandos against a checkpoint between Jerusalem It is West Bank occupied, in which an Israeli soldier died.

The attack was proposed “avenge the blood of the martyrs of Link“said the West Bank branch of the Ezzedin al Qassam Brigadeson the 41st day of war they are fighting Israel It is Hamas at the Gaza strip.

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The Israeli army reported that the 20-year-old soldier, identified as Avraham Fetenadied after being seriously injured in that attack carried out, according to the Israeli police, by three Palestinians who were killed.

Three other members of the Israeli security forces were injured.

The Israeli police indicated that “three terrorists who arrived in a vehicle West Bank They shot at security forces”.

“Given the amount of ammunition, weapons and axes found in the car, it appears that the attackers were planning a major attack or massacre in Israel.” declared the head of the Israeli police, Kobi Shabtaifor journalists.

Israel is fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where the Islamic movement took power in 2007. The West Bank, in turn, is governed by Palestinian authority of the president Mahmoud Abbas.

The war between Israel and Hamas was triggered after the attack carried out by the Islamic group against Israeli territory in October 7th.

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Around 1,200 people, most of them civilians, died in the attack, the deadliest since the founding of the Jewish state in 1948.

In response, Israel promised “annihilate”to the Islamic movement and daily bombs the Gaza Strip, subject to an almost total siege. According to Hamas, the bombings have killed at least 11,500 people, most of them civilians.

In the West Bank, occupied since 1967 by Israel, more than 190 Palestinians have been killed by settlers or Israeli soldiers since October 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Source: Elcomercio

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