Islamic Jihad "welcomed the heroic" terror attack in which an Israeli civilian was killed, as the attack "emphasizes the resistance’s capability and its long arm in defending Palestinian people”

Headline: “The Al-Quds Brigades: The Nablus operation emphasizes the resistance’s capability and its long arm in defending our people”

“The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, welcomed the heroic operation in Nablus that caused the death of a settler and the wounding of others (refers to the murder of Yehuda Dimentman in a terror attack; see note below -Ed.).

In a statement, the brigades said that the heroic operation emphasized the resistance’s capability and its long arm in defending our people against the terror of the occupation army and the settler herds.

The brigades added that the brave West Bank, with all its reserve of resistance, can only continue to resist and burn the ground under the occupier’s feet through jihad that will not cease until liberation.”

Yehuda Dimentman – 25-year-old Israeli who was murdered in a shooting attack by Palestinian terrorists near Homesh, west of Nablus, on Dec. 16, 2021. Two other Israelis were wounded in the attack. Israel arrested four Palestinian terrorists suspected of carrying out the attack and seized assault weapons from them on Dec. 19, 2021.