HAMAS: WE WILL NOT LAY DOWN OUR RESISTANCE WEAPON

Image: PIC — **Hamas Movement has said that it will never lay down the resistance weapon and stop its armed struggle against the Israeli occupation until the liberation of the whole Palestinian land**. (Photo: PIC)

Gaza, 2 Jumadal Akhir 1436/22 March 2015 (MINA) – The Hamas Movement has said that it will never lay down the resistance weapon and stop its armed struggle against the Israeli occupation until the liberation of the whole Palestinian land.

This came in a statement released on Saturday night (21/3) by the Movement on the 11th anniversary of the assassination of its founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Hamas stressed that the resistance project of Sheikh Yassin and his memory would remain alive in the “hands and eyes” of every Palestinian fighter confronting the occupation and resisting its crimes.

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On March 22, 2004, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas founder and spiritual leader, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike as he was being wheeled back home from early morning prayers. The aerial attack also claimed the lives of seven of his bodyguards and nine bystanders.

His killing was condemned by the international community and seen at the time as an obstacle to the peace process. (T/P006/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)