Islamic Jihad gunmen in Gaza
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IDF troops in Jenin
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Jihad threatens '100 rockets'
Islamic Jihad threatens 'Operation Red Rose' to target Sderot, Ashkelon as immediate 'response'
The website of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Arabic released a statement Monday in which the terror organization threatened to fire "100 rockets" as an immediate response to any IDF activities in Gaza or the West Bank.
"The al-Quds Brigades declares the commencement of Operation Red Rose," the communiqué read, adding: "The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad in Palestine, has declared the commencement of Operation Red Rose rockets, in response to the ongoing aggressions against the beloved Gaza Strip and our resisting West Bank."
In the statement, Islamic Jihad threatened that "the minute Israel commits aggression in our land and against our people… we will launch 100 rockets."
"The al-Quds Brigades affirms: The Zionist enemy has to understand well that Sderot, Ashkelon, and their inhabitants, are a target for the al-Quds rockets. And that any harm to our holy fighters in Gaza or the West Bank will result in a heavy price for the enemy," the statement added. The message concluded by vowing "victory or death as a martyr."
For its part, Hamas also warned in a statement - published on its official English-language website, that its "armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, was ready to repel any military aggression the IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) might think to unleash against the tiny Gaza Strip."
"Hamas is ready to block any kind of aggression Israel might launch against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip as it did before many times", the PIC website quoted Hammad Al-Rukob, a Hamas spokesman in south Gaza, as saying.
"Rukob, moreover, called on the Palestinian factions to consolidate their ranks and end internal tension in the Palestinian arena, and to gear up for confronting any IOF atrocities against the Strip," the website added.
Joseph Nasr contributed to the report
