Press Release Al Qassam Brigades regarding breach of truce and alleged capture of Israeli soldier

The clashes began at 7.00am, before the proposed truce was in effect,

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Aug 2, 2014 | Translation from orginal Arabic statement byDr. Ramy Abdu |@RamAbdu

Translated Statement issued by Hamas Military wing

Press release by Al-Qassam Brigades regarding the breach of the humanitarian truce, the alleged capture of an Israeli soldier and the clashes at Rafah Crossing:

Following the Israeli army’s breach of the humanitarian truce on the morning of Friday 1st August 2014 and its incursion into Eastern Rafah and its on-going shelling and deployment of snipers in Gaza, a massacre, which is still on-going, was committed against innocent civilians in Rafah which led to the death of tens of Palestinians. The justification for this massacre was the alleged capture of an Israeli soldier.

We, Al-Qassam Brigades, after carrying out an internal investigation, would like to confirm the following:

1. Since Friday dawn what happened was that the Israeli forces led an incursion 2 kilometres into Eastern…

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