Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Hamas said the attack, in which three Israelis were killed, was carried out jointly with Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
Ramallah “remains a partner in terms of advancing the key interests of security and stability for all,” the State Department says.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades hailed the terrorists who carried out the “heroic Hebron operation.”
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades member received 17 years for firing five rockets at Sderot.
The cell, linked to the “Tulkarem Battalion-Rapid Response,” planned to strike “on foreign soil,” police said.
The group’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Hamas are apparently competing over which fights Israel more.
Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack in Jerusalem.
A Jericho man was arrested last week on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack.
Meir Tamari, a father of two young children, sustained a gunshot wound to the upper body.
Palestinian gunmen exchange fire with Israeli troops during the military operation in Samaria.
The department, often critical of Israeli counterterrorism operations, doesn’t criticize P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas for praising killer of Israelis and Americans as a “heroic martyr.”
The Cabinet decided in 2020 to increase the number of terrorists’ bodies in Israeli possession ahead of future prisoner exchange deals.
