Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades: “let the enemy know that the arm of the resistance is long, and it will reach every inch of our land”
The Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch posted text on its Telegram channel
Posted text: “In the name of All Merciful Allah –
‘And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you’ [Quran 2:191, Sahih International translation]
A military announcement of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (i.e., Fatah’s military wing)
The heroic Jenin battle (refers to Israeli counter-terror operation in Jenin -Ed.) – unity of the arena:
With Allah’s help and might we announce [the launch of] the heroic Jenin battle to provide a response to the occupation forces’ aggression and invasion of Jenin and its refugee camp that is standing firm, alongside the comrades on the path in the Al-Quds Brigades – Jenin Brigade (i.e., a terror group affiliated with Islamic Jihad). We emphasize that our resistance is with the heart of one man in the arena, like a tightened structure. And let the enemy know that the arm of the resistance is long, and it will reach every inch of our land.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – the military wing of the Fatah Movement
Monday, July 3, 2023”
[Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch, Telegram channel, July 3, 2023]
2023 Operation Home and Garden - an Israeli counter-terror operation in Jenin that lasted from July 3-5, 2023. The operation targeted terror infrastructure in the city, and particularly the Islamic Jihad-affiliated terror group the Jenin Brigade, after 50 terror attacks had originated from the city and 19 terrorists had fled to it since the start of 2023. Israeli soldier David Yehuda Yitzhak, 23, was killed during the operation, while at least 18 Palestinian terrorists were killed and over 300 terror suspects were arrested. During the operation, Israeli forces attacked a terror headquarters located next to a medical clinic and two schools, one of them belonging to UNRWA. Several weapons factories were discovered containing hundreds of explosives and weapons caches. Terrorists opened fire on Israeli forces from within a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, and after gaining control of the site, the Israeli forces discovered weapons caches including explosives and entrances to underground tunnels in the mosque's basement.