24 apr 2016
Deputy head of Hamas's political bureau Ismail Haneyya on Saturday spoke over the phone with the family of martyr Abdul-Hamid Abu Sorur and offered his deep condolences over their loss.
Haneyya expressed his sincere sympathy with the bereaved family and hailed the great sacrifice made by Abu Sorur. "The blood of martyrs is a beacon for the walkers on the path of liberation," he said.
Abu Sorur carried out a heroic operation last Monday in Occupied Jerusalem, where 21 Jewish settlers suffered injuries in a bus explosion before he was proclaimed dead later on Wednesday by the Israeli occupation police.
Haneyya expressed his sincere sympathy with the bereaved family and hailed the great sacrifice made by Abu Sorur. "The blood of martyrs is a beacon for the walkers on the path of liberation," he said.
Abu Sorur carried out a heroic operation last Monday in Occupied Jerusalem, where 21 Jewish settlers suffered injuries in a bus explosion before he was proclaimed dead later on Wednesday by the Israeli occupation police.
23 apr 2016
Amnesty International on Friday demanded the Hamas movement to condemn attacks on civilians after the group claimed a Jerusalem bus bombing that took place earlier this week.
The international rights group said in a statement that “deliberate attacks on civilians” could never be justified, calling on Hamas to reject rather than support such attacks.
Hamas on Wednesday claimed that a 19-year-old Palestinian from Bethlehem’s Aida refugee camp believed to be responsible for the attack was a “committed activist” for the group, applauding the teen after he allegedly detonated a bomb on an Israeli bus the day before.
The teen, identified as Abd al-Hamid Abu Srour, died from severe injuries hours after the bombing took place. Twenty others were injured in the blast.
While an Israeli gag order has prevented confirmation that Srour was indeed responsible for the attack, Israel’s police and security agency Shin Bet have confirmed that a Hamas member carried out the bombing, and a number of suspected Hamas activists have been detained from the Bethlehem area since.
Amnesty said that while it it was not initially clear that Hamas’ leadership or military wing had ordered the bombing, the potential involvement of the group in the attack was a “worrying development.”
The rights group said that the majority of attacks by Palestinians over the past six months have been carried out by individuals not affiliated with any Palestinian faction, but noted that militant groups have frequently praised the attacks.
Of the nearly 30 Israelis to be killed in the small-scale attacks -- the majority of which were carried out on Israeli military and police -- the rights group condemned attacks that led to the deaths of civilians.
Amnesty also said that the Israeli authorities for their part had an “obligation to uphold international law at all times, including in their response to such attacks,” slamming the number of recently documented cases of extrajudicial executions of Palestinians who posed no threat at the time of their death.
The group added that Israel has increased methods of collective punishment against Palestinians, “demolishing the family homes of attackers, imposing arbitrary restrictions on movement, and carrying out mass arbitrary arrests.”
Hamas -- alongside a number of other Palestinian factions -- immediately after Monday’s Jerusalem bus bombing said it was a "natural reaction" to the decades-long Israeli military occupation.
The international rights group said in a statement that “deliberate attacks on civilians” could never be justified, calling on Hamas to reject rather than support such attacks.
Hamas on Wednesday claimed that a 19-year-old Palestinian from Bethlehem’s Aida refugee camp believed to be responsible for the attack was a “committed activist” for the group, applauding the teen after he allegedly detonated a bomb on an Israeli bus the day before.
The teen, identified as Abd al-Hamid Abu Srour, died from severe injuries hours after the bombing took place. Twenty others were injured in the blast.
While an Israeli gag order has prevented confirmation that Srour was indeed responsible for the attack, Israel’s police and security agency Shin Bet have confirmed that a Hamas member carried out the bombing, and a number of suspected Hamas activists have been detained from the Bethlehem area since.
Amnesty said that while it it was not initially clear that Hamas’ leadership or military wing had ordered the bombing, the potential involvement of the group in the attack was a “worrying development.”
The rights group said that the majority of attacks by Palestinians over the past six months have been carried out by individuals not affiliated with any Palestinian faction, but noted that militant groups have frequently praised the attacks.
Of the nearly 30 Israelis to be killed in the small-scale attacks -- the majority of which were carried out on Israeli military and police -- the rights group condemned attacks that led to the deaths of civilians.
Amnesty also said that the Israeli authorities for their part had an “obligation to uphold international law at all times, including in their response to such attacks,” slamming the number of recently documented cases of extrajudicial executions of Palestinians who posed no threat at the time of their death.
The group added that Israel has increased methods of collective punishment against Palestinians, “demolishing the family homes of attackers, imposing arbitrary restrictions on movement, and carrying out mass arbitrary arrests.”
Hamas -- alongside a number of other Palestinian factions -- immediately after Monday’s Jerusalem bus bombing said it was a "natural reaction" to the decades-long Israeli military occupation.
21 apr 2016
Monday’s bombing of a Jerusalem bus was apparently planned by a Hamas cell, and not by a lone terrorist. Israeli authorities have arrested several suspects from the Bethlehem area who were allegedly involved in the attack. It has been officially confirmed that the one person killed in the attack, in which 20 people were wounded, is the terrorist.
The Jerusalem Police released a statement Thursday, saying, “Through intensive intelligence and field activity, the Shin Bet, the Israel Police, and the IDF arrested a number of suspects about a day after the attack on the Jerusalem bus – Hamas suspects from the Bethlehem area – who are suspected of being involved in planning the attack and executing it. Their questioning is in progress, and their identities are classified.” It was also officially confirmed that the person who was killed in the attack, which also wounded 20, is the terrorist who committed it.
The official statement also said that “it has been cleared for publication that the critically wounded man from the attack, who died at the Shaare Zedek hospital, is the terrorist who perpetrated the attack on the Egged line 12 bus.”
“The terrorist, Abd al-Hamid Abu Srur, (who was) about 19 years old, (was a) resident of Beit Jala and affiliated with the Hamas movement, was, as stated, critically wounded during the perpetration of the attack and died of his wounds (on Wednesday) at the hospital. The attack wounded 20 civilians, one of them severely, seven moderately, and the others lightly.”
The Jerusalem Magistrate Court approved a request by investigators and lifted the gag order on the case, allowing details that could aid in identifying the suspects to be published.
The Jerusalem Police released a statement Thursday, saying, “Through intensive intelligence and field activity, the Shin Bet, the Israel Police, and the IDF arrested a number of suspects about a day after the attack on the Jerusalem bus – Hamas suspects from the Bethlehem area – who are suspected of being involved in planning the attack and executing it. Their questioning is in progress, and their identities are classified.” It was also officially confirmed that the person who was killed in the attack, which also wounded 20, is the terrorist who committed it.
The official statement also said that “it has been cleared for publication that the critically wounded man from the attack, who died at the Shaare Zedek hospital, is the terrorist who perpetrated the attack on the Egged line 12 bus.”
“The terrorist, Abd al-Hamid Abu Srur, (who was) about 19 years old, (was a) resident of Beit Jala and affiliated with the Hamas movement, was, as stated, critically wounded during the perpetration of the attack and died of his wounds (on Wednesday) at the hospital. The attack wounded 20 civilians, one of them severely, seven moderately, and the others lightly.”
The Jerusalem Magistrate Court approved a request by investigators and lifted the gag order on the case, allowing details that could aid in identifying the suspects to be published.
20 apr 2016
Abdul-Hamid Abu Srour 19
Israeli medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that the Palestinian who was seriously injured in the Jerusalem bus bombing on Monday evening, died from his wounds. Hamas claims responsibility, and said the Palestinian was behind the attack.
The Maan News Agency said it was informed by a spokesperson of the Shaare Zedek Israeli hospital that the Palestinian lost both of his legs in the bombing, and was severely burnt. Doctors conducted surgery, but were unable to save his life.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian has been identified as Abdul-Hamid Abu Srour, from the ‘Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The bombing led to 21 injuries, while three of them, including Abu Srour, suffered moderate to severe wounds.
Israeli daily Haaretz said the explosive was the result of a small bomb placed at the rear of the bus, and that after the device went off, it burnt the entire vehicle and spread to a nearby empty bus and a passing car.
It added that all passengers in the bus managed to escape, yet, the majority suffered burns due to the resulting fire.
Following the blast, Israel deemed the incident as an attack, issued a gag order on the details, and launched an investigation.
The Israeli Police and security services were apparently unable to determine conclusively if the Palestinian was involved in the bombing, but the Hamas movement later issued an official statement claiming responsibility, and naming Abu Srour as the bomber.
Hamas claims bus bomber
Hamas claims the Jerusalem bus bomber as one of their operatives after the terrorist's death. Meanwhile, family of the terrorist hands out sweets and sings praise of the 'operation.'
The terrorist who set off a bomb on the 12 line bus injuring 21 people, Abd al-Hamid Abu Srur, died of his wounds at Sha'are Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem Wednesday.
Hamas claimed the terrorist, a 19 year old Palestinian from the Aida refugee camp next to Bethlehem, as one of their operatives.
Hamas made its announcement through its spokesman in Bethlehem. The operative's name is currently under gag order.
Due to the fact that the Palestinian man was injured along with others in the blast, he wasn't immediately recognized as the terrorist responsible for the attack. This led investigators to initially believe that the explosion was the work of a suicide bomber, as a body could not be found.
Over 100 members of the terrorist's family are handing out sweets and singing songs of praise in light of the fact that he became a martyr and because he carried out a successful attack against Israeli citizens.
Additionally, a cousin of the terrorist was killed in a riot attacking Israeli security forces three months ago.
Hamas martyrdom poster for Abd al-Hamid Abu Srur, the terrorist responsible for bus attack in J'lem
Israeli medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that the Palestinian who was seriously injured in the Jerusalem bus bombing on Monday evening, died from his wounds. Hamas claims responsibility, and said the Palestinian was behind the attack.
The Maan News Agency said it was informed by a spokesperson of the Shaare Zedek Israeli hospital that the Palestinian lost both of his legs in the bombing, and was severely burnt. Doctors conducted surgery, but were unable to save his life.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian has been identified as Abdul-Hamid Abu Srour, from the ‘Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The bombing led to 21 injuries, while three of them, including Abu Srour, suffered moderate to severe wounds.
Israeli daily Haaretz said the explosive was the result of a small bomb placed at the rear of the bus, and that after the device went off, it burnt the entire vehicle and spread to a nearby empty bus and a passing car.
It added that all passengers in the bus managed to escape, yet, the majority suffered burns due to the resulting fire.
Following the blast, Israel deemed the incident as an attack, issued a gag order on the details, and launched an investigation.
The Israeli Police and security services were apparently unable to determine conclusively if the Palestinian was involved in the bombing, but the Hamas movement later issued an official statement claiming responsibility, and naming Abu Srour as the bomber.
Hamas claims bus bomber
Hamas claims the Jerusalem bus bomber as one of their operatives after the terrorist's death. Meanwhile, family of the terrorist hands out sweets and sings praise of the 'operation.'
The terrorist who set off a bomb on the 12 line bus injuring 21 people, Abd al-Hamid Abu Srur, died of his wounds at Sha'are Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem Wednesday.
Hamas claimed the terrorist, a 19 year old Palestinian from the Aida refugee camp next to Bethlehem, as one of their operatives.
Hamas made its announcement through its spokesman in Bethlehem. The operative's name is currently under gag order.
Due to the fact that the Palestinian man was injured along with others in the blast, he wasn't immediately recognized as the terrorist responsible for the attack. This led investigators to initially believe that the explosion was the work of a suicide bomber, as a body could not be found.
Over 100 members of the terrorist's family are handing out sweets and singing songs of praise in light of the fact that he became a martyr and because he carried out a successful attack against Israeli citizens.
Additionally, a cousin of the terrorist was killed in a riot attacking Israeli security forces three months ago.
Hamas martyrdom poster for Abd al-Hamid Abu Srur, the terrorist responsible for bus attack in J'lem
Palestinian resistance factions described the anti-occupation attack carried out in Occupied Jerusalem as a significant development, and said it initiated a new stage of the Jerusalem Intifada.
In the wake of a meeting held in Gaza and was attended by Palestinian factions except for Fatah, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and the DFLP movements, the factions told a press conference that Jerusalem’s attack is a normal response to Israeli crimes including daily executions and repeated violations at the Aqsa Mosque.
The statement also stressed the importance of the continuation of Jerusalem Intifada and pointed out that it has achieved a lot of objectives along the way towards the main goal of liberating Palestine.
The factions called on the PA to halt security coordination and all forms of the nationally refused relations with Israel as well as to stop chasing resistance fighters in the West Bank.
The statement also called for adhering to the Palestinian constants especially the liberation of prisoners, and condemned the Israeli attempts to take advantage of the tunnel discovery in Gaza. They also stressed adherence to the resistance path.
In the wake of a meeting held in Gaza and was attended by Palestinian factions except for Fatah, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and the DFLP movements, the factions told a press conference that Jerusalem’s attack is a normal response to Israeli crimes including daily executions and repeated violations at the Aqsa Mosque.
The statement also stressed the importance of the continuation of Jerusalem Intifada and pointed out that it has achieved a lot of objectives along the way towards the main goal of liberating Palestine.
The factions called on the PA to halt security coordination and all forms of the nationally refused relations with Israel as well as to stop chasing resistance fighters in the West Bank.
The statement also called for adhering to the Palestinian constants especially the liberation of prisoners, and condemned the Israeli attempts to take advantage of the tunnel discovery in Gaza. They also stressed adherence to the resistance path.
19 apr 2016
13 Israeli settlers are still in hospitals, receiving treatment for injuries they have sustained in Monday's bomb attack on a bus in Occupied Jerusalem, according to the Hebrew radio on Tuesday.
One of the wounded has suffered very serious injuries in the attack, the radio noted.
The Israeli occupation police said they launched an investigation to find out where the explosive device came from and who placed it on the bus.
The blast occurred at about 5:50 p.m. in southwest Jerusalem. It is the first bombing attack since the current intifada (uprising) started in early October last year. Palestinian resistance factions have welcomed the attack as a natural response to Israel's daily crimes and violations against the Palestinians.
One of the wounded has suffered very serious injuries in the attack, the radio noted.
The Israeli occupation police said they launched an investigation to find out where the explosive device came from and who placed it on the bus.
The blast occurred at about 5:50 p.m. in southwest Jerusalem. It is the first bombing attack since the current intifada (uprising) started in early October last year. Palestinian resistance factions have welcomed the attack as a natural response to Israel's daily crimes and violations against the Palestinians.
18 apr 2016
Two buses catch on fire on Moshe Baram Road in the capital's East Talpiot neighborhood as a result of explosion; 2 seriously wounded, six in moderate condition, suffering from burns and smoke inhalation.
Twenty-one people were wounded when an explosive device blew up on a bus on Monday afternoon, causing it to catch on fire while it was driving on Moshe Baram Road in Jerusalem, in what the defense establishment suspects to be a terror bombing.
The number 12 Egged bus was travelling from the East Talpiot neighborhood (Armon HaNatziv) towards Mount Herzl when an explosion went off on it and it caught fire. As a result of the explosion, a nearby bus and a private vehicle also caught on fire.
Jerusalem District Commander Yoram HaLevy confirmed on Monday evening the explosion was caused by an explosive device placed in the rear part of the bus.
"We are still in the initial stages of the investigation. We're trying to find out primarily where the explosive device came from and who placed it on the bus," HaLevy said, adding that it should not take police much longer to indentify who planted the explosive on the bus.
He did, however, stress that "we can't at the moment come out with a clear statement that this was done by a terrorist or a suicide bomber. We're looking into all possibilities, as we do in every scene of an incident."
Magen David Adom paramedics treated 21 wounded, among them two in serious condition, six in moderate condition and the rest lightly wounded. Some of the wounded are suffering from different degrees of burns, while most are suffering from smoke inhalation. The wounded were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Hadassah Medical Center's Ein Karem and Mount Scopus hospitals.
MDA spokesman Zaki Heller said that when paramedics arrived at the scene, all of the wounded were outside the bus and none were found inside by firefighters.
Hadassah's Ein Karem hospital received eight of the wounded, including a 28-year-old woman in serious condition, three wounded in moderate condition (a 25-year-old man, a 40-year-old man, and a 30-year-old woman), and four lightly wounded, all in their 40s.
Shaare Zedek received eight of the wounded as well, including a 30-year-old man in serious condition suffering from injuries to his lower body, three in moderate condition (a 50-year-old woman, a young man, and a 16-year-old teenager) and four lightly wounded (a 48-year-old woman, a 45-year-old man, a 12-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy).
Prof. Avraham Rivkind, the head of the Shock Unit at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, said some of the injuries were in line with injuries from past terror bombings in Jerusalem. "There are penetration wounds. We saw in imaging and we pulled out a nail and nuts," he said.
The bus that exploded was reportedly empty, and the wounded people were in the second bus that caught on fire as a result of the explosion.
18 wounded in explosion on Jerusalem bus
Explosion heard and 2 buses catch on fire on Moshe Baram Road in the capital's East Talpiot neighborhood; 2 seriously wounded, 6 in moderate condition, rest in light condition.
An explosion occurred on an Egged bus number 12 causing it to catch on fire while it was driving on Moshe Baram Road in Jerusalem on Monday afternoon.
The bus was travelling from the East Talpiot neighborhood (Armon HaNatziv) towards Mount Herzl when it exploded and caught fire. As a result of the explosion, a nearby bus also caught on fire as well as a private vehicle.
Magen David Adom paramedics treated 18 wounded, among them two in serious condition, six in moderate condition and the rest lightly wounded. Some of the wounded are suffering from different degrees of burns, while most are suffering from smoke inhalation. The wounded were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Hadassah Medical Center's Ein Karem and Mount Scopus hospitals.
MDA spokesman Zaki Heller said that when paramedics arrived at the scene, all of the wounded were outside the bus and none were found inside after the fire had been put out.
The bus that exploded was empty, and the wounded people were in the second bus that caught on fire as a result of the explosion.
Police are investigating the reasons for the explosion, but initial assessments say this is likely not a terror attack.
15 casualties in bus explosion in Occupied Jerusalem
At least 15 Israelis were injured Monday evening in a massive bus explosion in occupied Jerusalem, Israeli media sources reported.
Television pictures showed smoke billowing from a burned-out bus while on its way to al-Khalil south of the occupied West Bank.
Initial indications suggest it was an anti-occupation attack. Israeli police suggested that the explosion targeted two buses which were behind each other.
Tensions have been running high in the region since October 2015 after Israel imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the Old City, where the al-Aqsa Mosque compound is located, while allowing free access for Jewish settlers.
Almost 200 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces since then.
Twenty-one people were wounded when an explosive device blew up on a bus on Monday afternoon, causing it to catch on fire while it was driving on Moshe Baram Road in Jerusalem, in what the defense establishment suspects to be a terror bombing.
The number 12 Egged bus was travelling from the East Talpiot neighborhood (Armon HaNatziv) towards Mount Herzl when an explosion went off on it and it caught fire. As a result of the explosion, a nearby bus and a private vehicle also caught on fire.
Jerusalem District Commander Yoram HaLevy confirmed on Monday evening the explosion was caused by an explosive device placed in the rear part of the bus.
"We are still in the initial stages of the investigation. We're trying to find out primarily where the explosive device came from and who placed it on the bus," HaLevy said, adding that it should not take police much longer to indentify who planted the explosive on the bus.
He did, however, stress that "we can't at the moment come out with a clear statement that this was done by a terrorist or a suicide bomber. We're looking into all possibilities, as we do in every scene of an incident."
Magen David Adom paramedics treated 21 wounded, among them two in serious condition, six in moderate condition and the rest lightly wounded. Some of the wounded are suffering from different degrees of burns, while most are suffering from smoke inhalation. The wounded were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Hadassah Medical Center's Ein Karem and Mount Scopus hospitals.
MDA spokesman Zaki Heller said that when paramedics arrived at the scene, all of the wounded were outside the bus and none were found inside by firefighters.
Hadassah's Ein Karem hospital received eight of the wounded, including a 28-year-old woman in serious condition, three wounded in moderate condition (a 25-year-old man, a 40-year-old man, and a 30-year-old woman), and four lightly wounded, all in their 40s.
Shaare Zedek received eight of the wounded as well, including a 30-year-old man in serious condition suffering from injuries to his lower body, three in moderate condition (a 50-year-old woman, a young man, and a 16-year-old teenager) and four lightly wounded (a 48-year-old woman, a 45-year-old man, a 12-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy).
Prof. Avraham Rivkind, the head of the Shock Unit at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, said some of the injuries were in line with injuries from past terror bombings in Jerusalem. "There are penetration wounds. We saw in imaging and we pulled out a nail and nuts," he said.
The bus that exploded was reportedly empty, and the wounded people were in the second bus that caught on fire as a result of the explosion.
18 wounded in explosion on Jerusalem bus
Explosion heard and 2 buses catch on fire on Moshe Baram Road in the capital's East Talpiot neighborhood; 2 seriously wounded, 6 in moderate condition, rest in light condition.
An explosion occurred on an Egged bus number 12 causing it to catch on fire while it was driving on Moshe Baram Road in Jerusalem on Monday afternoon.
The bus was travelling from the East Talpiot neighborhood (Armon HaNatziv) towards Mount Herzl when it exploded and caught fire. As a result of the explosion, a nearby bus also caught on fire as well as a private vehicle.
Magen David Adom paramedics treated 18 wounded, among them two in serious condition, six in moderate condition and the rest lightly wounded. Some of the wounded are suffering from different degrees of burns, while most are suffering from smoke inhalation. The wounded were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Hadassah Medical Center's Ein Karem and Mount Scopus hospitals.
MDA spokesman Zaki Heller said that when paramedics arrived at the scene, all of the wounded were outside the bus and none were found inside after the fire had been put out.
The bus that exploded was empty, and the wounded people were in the second bus that caught on fire as a result of the explosion.
Police are investigating the reasons for the explosion, but initial assessments say this is likely not a terror attack.
15 casualties in bus explosion in Occupied Jerusalem
At least 15 Israelis were injured Monday evening in a massive bus explosion in occupied Jerusalem, Israeli media sources reported.
Television pictures showed smoke billowing from a burned-out bus while on its way to al-Khalil south of the occupied West Bank.
Initial indications suggest it was an anti-occupation attack. Israeli police suggested that the explosion targeted two buses which were behind each other.
Tensions have been running high in the region since October 2015 after Israel imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the Old City, where the al-Aqsa Mosque compound is located, while allowing free access for Jewish settlers.
Almost 200 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces since then.
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