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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Al-Qassam, al-Quds Brigades assume responsibility for Tel Aviv op</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">August 19, 2024<br></div>
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a joint statement, both brigades reveal that martyrdom operations will
continue in response to the Israeli occupation's escalation and
continuing crimes against Palestinians.</p><img src="cid:ii_m016fugw0" alt="bf0ec46b-e75a-4734-b355-18278ec91b18.jpg" width="394" height="263"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
Israeli police work at the scene of a bomb explosion in Tel Aviv, Sunday, August 18, 2024. (<em>AP</em>)
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<p>The <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-bombards-tel-aviv-from-the-heart-of-khan-younis--f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades</a>,
the military wing of the Hamas Resistance movement, and the al-Quds
Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement,
claimed responsibility for the martyrdom operation in Tel Aviv on
Sunday. </p>
<p>In a joint statement, the Resistance factions said <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/latestnews/2024/8/19/al-qassam--martyrdom-operations-will-return-so-long-as-occup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">martyrdom operations</a>
in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories will return to the
forefront so long as occupation's massacres, displacement of civilians,
and assassinations are ongoing.</p>
<p>Such martyrdom operations had not been employed by the Palestinian Resistance for years.</p>
<p>The announcement comes after occupation police and the Shin Bet said
the explosion in Tel Aviv was an attack carried out by the Palestinian
Resistance, in which an improvised explosive device was detonated. </p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-bombards-tel-aviv-from-the-heart-of-khan-younis--f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Al-Qassam bombard Tel Aviv from the heart of Khan Younis (Footage)</a></strong></p>
<p>According to the <em>Times of Israel</em>, the Shin Bet was still trying to identify the Resistance fighter who carried out the operation. </p>
<p>In turn, the Israeli <em>Kan</em> newspaper claimed the operative was from Nablus, West Bank, while the <em>Intel Times</em> reported Israeli concerns that the fighter was not operating on his own. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, <em>Yediot Ahronoth</em> said the occupation's security
apparatus "feared turning the West Bank into a war zone," adding that
hamas was recruiting and funding tens of brigades to carry out stronger
attacks, while using explosive devices and trying to manufacture
rockets. </p>
<p>A <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/truck-explosion-rocks-tel-aviv--one-killed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">powerful explosion in Tel Aviv</a>
Sunday evening claimed the life of one individual, as occupation
authorities confirmed that the blast was caused by an explosive device
placed on the truck.</p>
<p>The incident, which occurred in a busy area of the city, has prompted
an extensive investigation by the police, who are exploring all
potential motives behind the attack, including it being a Resistance
operation.</p>
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