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Al-Aqsa Brigades claims responsibility for West Bank killing
Mar 12, 2011, 12:20 GMT
Israeli soldiers search a Palestinian car as they block the road in the Hawara checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus on 12 March ,2011 after a Palestinian killed five Israelis in an overnight attack in the Jewish settlement of Itamar,near the West Bank. City Of Nablus .According to media reports the vicitms were all members of the same family, including a baby and a toddler EPA/ALAA BADARNEH
Nablus, West Bank - The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Fatah movement, claimed responsibility on Saturday for killing five Israeli settlers near the West Bank city of Nablus.
A member of the al-Aqsa Brigades attacked a house in the Itamar settlement, south of Nablus, the group claimed in a statement sent to reporters.
'The mujahid killed all who were in the house at around 1:15 am local time (2315 GMT) at predawn on Saturday', the leaflet said adding that the attack was carried out successfully thanks to Allah.
'This heroic operation is part of the natural response to the massacres of the fascist occupation against our people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,' said the leaflet. 'We tell the criminals of the (Israeli) occupation that their crimes won't pass without punishment.'
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