Hamas: Israel is using kidnapping "in order to cause an escalation against the Palestinian people"
“Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri said that the movement has no interest in any expected confrontation with Israel, but if forced to – is prepared for any escalation.
Abu Zuhri noted… that Hamas is not a power capable of waging a war with Israel, for which our people will bear the consequences.
He relayed that the story of the disappearance and killing of the three settlers in Hebron is based on the Israeli version alone, and that the occupation is attempting to harness it in order to cause an escalation against the Palestinian people and the Hamas movement. He added that the threats [made by] Israel and its leadership will not intimidate the movement, but at the same time emphasized that the movement always takes them seriously.”
Notes: On June 12, 2014, Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16, were kidnapped while hitchhiking in the West Bank. The boys' bodies were found by Israeli security forces near Hebron on June 30, 2014. They appeared to have been shot to death soon after the abduction.
The week after Zhuri stated that Hamas “has no interest in any expected confrontation with Israel,” Hamas shot over 200 rockets into Israel, despite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's statement that "quiet will be answered with quiet."
Abu Zuhri noted… that Hamas is not a power capable of waging a war with Israel, for which our people will bear the consequences.
He relayed that the story of the disappearance and killing of the three settlers in Hebron is based on the Israeli version alone, and that the occupation is attempting to harness it in order to cause an escalation against the Palestinian people and the Hamas movement. He added that the threats [made by] Israel and its leadership will not intimidate the movement, but at the same time emphasized that the movement always takes them seriously.”
Notes: On June 12, 2014, Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16, were kidnapped while hitchhiking in the West Bank. The boys' bodies were found by Israeli security forces near Hebron on June 30, 2014. They appeared to have been shot to death soon after the abduction.
The week after Zhuri stated that Hamas “has no interest in any expected confrontation with Israel,” Hamas shot over 200 rockets into Israel, despite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's statement that "quiet will be answered with quiet."