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Islamic Jihad: More attacks coming Terror group claims responsibility for deadly suicide bombing in Hadera market Wednesday. Organization's leader says attack was response to targeted killing of Islamic Jihad's commander Louie Sa'adi in Tul Karm; declare harder retaliation is on its way
Ali Waked The suicide bombing in Hadera was a response to the IDF's assassination of Louie Sa'adi, commander of Islamic Jihad's military wing the al-Quds Brigades in the West Bank, Abu al-Muaman, one of the organization's leaders in the Bank, told Ynet. Islamic Jihad officially claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in the Hadera market, killing five people and injuring at least 20. Regional Threat Officials: Jihad in Syria ordered strikes / Alex Fishman Rockets fired at southern Israeli community in recent days ordered by Islamic Jihad headquarters in Damascus; Israel relayed warning message to Syria prior to attacks. Qassam fire continues Tuesday night Full Story "This attack is merely a preliminary response by the Palestinian rebellious groups, and harder retaliation is on its way," he said. In an interview to Ynet, Abu-Muaman stated Israel should expect an "earth shaking" response to Sa'adi's killing. The Islamic Jihad will not accept a situation in which its men are being assassinated without the organization has the right to respond to Israeli aggression, he added. An Islamic Jihad leader in the Gaza Strip, Khaled al-Batash said that "the bombing was a blessed operation, carried out by blessed hands." Al-Batash also claimed that the strike constituted a response to Saadi's killing, saying that it was another reaction to Israeli violations of the calm agreed upon in the West Bank. Security sources in the PA said that all signs indicated that the suicide bombing was indeed initiated and carried out by the Islamic Jihad, and specifically to the organization's infrastructure in the West Bank town of Tul Karm, where Sa'adi operated, and from which the recent attacks in Tel Aviv and Netanya have been launched. (10.26.05, 17:07) talkback Print Send to friend
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Israeli police confirmed that a suicide bomber was responsible for a blast that killed five people and left many seriously injured. The Wednesday afternoon attack occurred in an open market place in the small costal Israeli town of Hadera, a location which has been a frequent target of attacks in the five-year-old Palestinian uprising.

The market place was busy with shoppers in advance of a Jewish Holiday, with many stocking up for the weekend. 

''CNN'' reporters on the scene say 20 have been injured, 6 are critical, 7 are serious, and the death toll is expected to rise. Television pictures are showing a scene of absolute devastation and confusion.

Islamic Jihad of Gaza has claimed responsibility, which was in response to an Israeli killing of Islamic Jihad commander Luay Saadi in the West Bank on Monday, prompting armed groups to take revenge. In an interview with Ynet news, Abu-Muaman the Organization's leader stated ... "This attack is merely a preliminary response by the Palestinian rebellious groups, and harder retaliation is on its way."

Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian negotiator, denounced the attack and said that he hoped the peace between the two sides would not be damaged.

Dr Ra'anan Gissin spokesperson for the Israeli PM, speaking on ''CNN'' is refuting claims that this is a revenge attack, claiming "that this is just another terrorist attack in the Palestinians' plan to rid the Middle East of Israeli."

Khader Habib, a spokesperson for the Islamic Jihad said that ... "The Islamic Jihad movement was committed to the truce, and is still committed to the truce, but this truce should be mutual. We cannot tolerate a one-sided truce."

The recently elected Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be "eradicated from the map" and condoned the recent wave of Palestinian attacks in his speech today during a conference in Teheran titled "The World without Zionism."
Mahmoud Abbas has stated that the Palestinian Authority would "increase its efforts to ensure the continuation of the truce because it is in the interest of both the Palestinian and the Israeli peoples."

Mark Regev, a spokesperson for the Israeli foreign minsitry responded that "Abbas says the right thing... But if we have a criticism it's that he talks the right talk, we're waiting for him to follow through on these commitments. Now there have been some steps taken but we really need to see a serious disarming of these extremist groups."