MAR 16, 2023 5:00 PM BY VIJETA UNIYAL
The Islamic terrorist group Hamas has threatened Israel with more terror attacks and suicide bombings ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan that begins March 23.
“The desire to commit suicide among the residents of the West Bank is unprecedented,” the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing, Marwan Issa, declared in an interview published on Wednesday.
The warning comes as Israeli security experts believethat Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) plan to use the Ramadan season to escalate violence and trigger a third intifada, a reference to the two previous waves of Palestinian mass-rioting and terror attacks against Israel between 1987–1993 and 1999–2004.
The Palestinian terror groups also seek to galvanize the jihadist sentiment across the Arab and the Muslim world by making false claims that Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque was under threat from Israel.
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“Security tensions rise ahead of Ramadan as Hamas issues threats,” by Jonathan Regev, i24news, March 15, 2023:
[INDENT]In a rare interview, the deputy commander of the Hamas military wing in Gaza, Marwan Issa, said that any change in the status quo on Jerusalem’s flashpoint Temple Mount will shake the entire region and Gaza will not remain quiet.[/INDENT]
[INDENT]“We will protect our people with all our might, when direct intervention on our part is required,” he said.[/INDENT]
[INDENT]He also claimed that the political solution in the West Bank “is a thing of the past” and threatened that “the next few days will bring (significant) events.”[/INDENT]
[INDENT]“The desire to commit suicide among the residents of the West Bank is unprecedented and the state of resistance in the West Bank is excellent. So is the state of national unity in the face of the Occupation,” the Hamas official claimed.[/INDENT]
[INDENT]In recent years, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has been a period of violence. In 2021, it led to Operation “Guardian of the Walls” in Gaza. While some in the region are hoping to avoid a [repeat] scenario, others seem to be pushing for it.[/INDENT]
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As Ramadan approaches, Palestinian terrorist groups have unleashed a wave of attacks targeting Israeli civilians and armed forces. On January, a Palestinian gunman murdered seven Jewish worshipers leaving an East Jerusalem synagogue.
Since then, Palestinian terrorists and Islamists have carried out a series of attacks. These attacks are followed by public celebrations in Hamas-controlled Gaza and the Palestinian Authority-ruled West Bank. Palestinians are seen handing out sweets on the streets, and holding processions amid the chants of “Allahu akbar.”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2023/03/hamas-threatens-israel-with-suicide-bombings-ahead-of-ramadan