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Hamas urges confrontation with Israel after second arson death

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Palestinian youths at a summer camp organised by the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, on August 5, 2015, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip
Palestinian youths at a summer camp organised by the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, on August 5, 2015, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip
Hamas called Saturday for “open and comprehensive confrontation” with Israel after the father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebombing by Jewish extremists last week died of his burns.

“Nothing will stop these murderous settler attacks and… we cannot wait until they come into our villages and our homes,” Hamas spokesman Hossam Badran wrote on Facebook from his base in Qatar.

“Our people in the West Bank have only one choice: that of open and comprehensive confrontation against the occupation.”

Saad Dawabsha died earlier on Saturday in hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba where he was being treated for third degree burns, Palestinian official Ghassan Daghlas said.

Dawabsha’s wife Riham Dawabsha and four-year-old son Ahmed are still fighting for their lives in hospital after the arson attack which killed 18-month-old Ali on Friday of last week.

Said Khatib | A Palestinian boy holds a placard during a demonstration simulating a funeral in reaction to the death of 18-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsha, who was burned to death by suspected Jewish extremists, on August 1, 2015
Said Khatib | A Palestinian boy holds a placard during a demonstration simulating a funeral in reaction to the death of 18-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsha, who was burned to death by suspected Jewish extremists, on August 1, 2015
The family’s small brick and cement home in the occupied West Bank village of Duma was gutted by the fire and a Jewish Star of David spray-painted on a wall along with the words “revenge” and “long live the Messiah”.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack as “terrorism in every respect”, and vowed to spare no effort in bringing the perpetrators to justice.

He ordered a crackdown on Jewish extremism that has seen three suspects detained.

Israeli public radio reported on Saturday that the army was on the alert for possible unrest in the West Bank and for “Palestinian revenge attacks.”
FRANCE 24/AFP

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6 responses to “Hamas urges confrontation with Israel after second arson death”

  1. Geo Avatar
    Geo

    Israel can find and wack the elusive Imad Mughniyeh and is unable to arrest these local settlers? seriously?

    1. cook2half Avatar
      cook2half

      I guess difference is Imad had a face and a nose, while technically no one knows who the local settler terrorists who did this are.

      1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
        nagy_michael2

        but you provide protection for the settlers but not for the innocent Palestinians.. how far are you going to keep pushing these Palestinians and don’t expect me to react? let me ask you then didn’t israel go to war against Hamas because of three teenagers were killed by Islamist over a year ago even though Hamas were not behind it. not that i like Hamas anyway.. but why not arrest the perpetrators instead of bombing and wreaking havoc on palestinians populations then?

        1. cook2half Avatar
          cook2half

          Um Israel DID go after the Hamas perpetrators in the West Bank, they arrested hundreds of Hamas members including many that were released in the Schalit deal. This led to Hamas firing hundreds of rockets into southern Israel, and after many weeks the Israelis finally said enough is enough and started attacking rocket launchers in Gaza.

          But yes I agree that they should treat Jewish terrorists the same as Hamas terrorists.

      2. Geo Avatar
        Geo

        I dont think that there exists better intelligence and resources that of Israel, they owe intense effort and quick results on this for justice and image to onlookers, I hope I am wrong but this type of terrorism can only increase as a precedent has been set for other radical copy cats. they need to be on top of it quickly otherwise the reaction from Palestinians will be more tragic from escalation to something bigger to the extent that every one forgets that it started with what the settlers did.

        I hope you are having a great weekend, raining dogs and cats here but i like it 🙂

  2. Intouchable Avatar
    Intouchable

    http://www.avnery-news.co.il/english/
    “The Jewish Ayatollahs”
    02/07/11

    THE ARCHBISHOP of New York announces that any Catholic who rents out an apartment to a Jew commits a mortal sin and runs the risk of excommunication.
    A protestant priest in Berlin decrees that a Christian who employs a Jew will be banished from his parish.
    Impossible? Indeed. Except in Israel – in reverse, of course. ….

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