Alwaght- Palestinian resistance movements have praised Wednesday’s operation in Tel Aviv, in which four Zionists were killed near the Israeli regime's War Ministry.
The suspected attackers were identified by Israeli regime's police as cousins Muhammad Ahmad Moussa Makhamreh and Khalid Muhammad Moussa Makhamreh from the town of Yatta in the West Bank district of Al Khalil.
Multiple gunshots were heard at the open-air shopping center in the heart of Tel Aviv, adjacent to the highly secured Israeli regime’s army and War Ministry headquarters.
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said the Tel Aviv shooting was the first “good omen” for Palestinians and the first “surprise” for the “enemy” during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began on Tuesday.
Hamas spokesman Hussam Badran applauded the shooters, adding that the fact that they were able to enter Tel Aviv from the occupied West Bank showed the failure of Israeli regime's efforts aiming to kill the Palestinian resistance and eradicate the Intifada.
The Fatah movement, which is the leading party in the Palestinian Authority, said in a statement that the Tel Aviv shooting was an “individual and natural response” to Israeli regime's violence.
“Israel must realize the consequences of its persistence to push violence, house demolition policies, forced displacement of Palestinians, raids by Israeli settlers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and the cold-blooded killing of Palestinians at checkpoints,” Fatah media committee head Munir al-Jaghoub said.
Al-Jaghoub added that the Israeli refusal to abide by international agreements regarding its illegal settlement policy turned the situation in the in occupied Palestinian territory into a desperate reality far from Palestinians’ hopes and dreams of freedom and independence.
Meanwhile, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said that the shooting represented a “paradigm shift” in the Intifada, which it called a “natural response” to the high number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.
The PFLP said that the site of the shooting, being close to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, sent a strong message of challenge to the newly appointed Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman, and stood as a confirmation that armed resistance was the best way to reclaim Palestinians’ rights.
Following the attack, Israeli regime forces raided the Makhamrehs’ hometown of Yatta in the early hours on Thursday, detaining an unspecified number of people.
Meanwhile unconfirmed reports indicate that the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the ‘military wing’ Hamas, has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. The leadership of the ‘Brigades’ said the two brothers who staged the attack belonged to the group.
Following the operation, the Israeli regime's military on Thursday revoked permits for more than 80,000 Palestinians to enter the Israeli entity during the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan after the shooting.
