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Less than two days after Israel concluded the evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Gaza strip and four West Bank settlements, an Israeli undercover special assassination unit killed five Palestinians in a raid into the West Bank city of Tulkarem overnight, one of them said to be an Islamic Jihad operative.
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Less than two days after Israel concluded the evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Gaza strip and four West Bank settlements, an Israeli undercover special assassination unit killed five Palestinians in a raid into the West Bank city of Tulkarem overnight, one of them said to be an Islamic Jihad operative.
In response, a home made Qassam shell hit the Israeli Negev town of Sderot, Thursday morning causing no damage or casualties, marking the first attack against Israeli targets as the Palestinian factions committed to ensure a calm pullout from the Gaza Strip.
The assassination was widely condemned by Palestinians. Hamas spokesman Sheikh Hassan Yousef said this brutal crime will not pass without a response.
"We think that what happened is a brutal crime. The Palestinians will not stand still. The occupation could not dream of an eternal opened calm period. We have the right to defend ourselves."
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei condemned the assassination, saying that it proves that Israel is not interested in calm."
For Free Speech Radio News from the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC.Org in Palestine I'm Manar Jibrin
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