[News] Palestine Resistance declares 'state of alert' against potential Israel attack after Jerusalem explosions

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Palestine Resistance declares 'state of alert' against potential Israel
attack after Jerusalem explosions
November 23, 2022
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Armed Palestinian Resistance groups in the Gaza Strip have declared a
"state of alert" following two explosions in West Jerusalem today, as it
anticipates potential Israeli military action on the besieged territory in
response to the incident.

Two separate explosions
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221123-cctv-captures-bus-blast-in-jerusalem/>
occurred half an hour from each other early this morning at a bus station
in West Jerusalem, killing an Israeli teen and wounding at least 22 others.
No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

According to a fighter within the Palestinian Resistance group, Hamas, who
spoke to the London-based news outlet, *The New Arab*, the Resistance in
the besieged coastal enclave "adopted unprecedented security measures, as
well as summoned all the fighters to be ready for any emergency".

Although it has not received any information confirming that "the Israeli
enemy will attack Gaza", the fighter stressed that "the developments on the
ground push us to be ready for any Israeli folly that might be committed
against our people".

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With Hamas having placed its personnel on alert, he reiterated that "the
Resistance is ready to involve in a new large-scale war with Israel" in the
case of a new Israeli bombardment on the Strip.

Despite not claiming responsibility for the explosions, a Hamas
spokesperson hailed them as "heroic operations" and insisted they "came as
a natural response to the endless Israeli crimes and violations in
Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound and the Occupied West Bank."

The group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), also stated in response that
"the Palestinian people possess a strong will and are ready to do anything
in order to protect their land and sanctities." In a statement to the
press, the PIJ's spokesman, Daoud Shehab, said Palestinians "will not stand
idly by before the formation of a new government coalition that places
settlement, Judaisation, and aggression on the top of its priorities, and
strives to devour what is left of the Palestinian land."

As for Israeli authorities, they reportedly suspect that a militant cell in
East Jerusalem carried out the attack. Israeli outlets and security
officials, on the other hand, believe Hamas was behind the funding and
implementation of the explosions.
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