Roadside bomb detonated near an Israeli settlement east of Nablus
Sunday September 07, 2008 09:12
by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies
In a joint statement issued yesterday night, both the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed offshoot of Preseident Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, and the struggle and return brigades, declared responsibility for detonating a roadside bomb near the Israeli settlement of Etamar, east of Nablus city.
The statement read that a large contingent of the Israeli army rushed to the place and that the perpetrators have returned bake safely to basis.
The two factions asserted that yesterdays bombing were a part of the Palestinian resistance against the continued Israeli attacks on the West Bank. Israel continues to occupy and impose forceful military control over the West Bank since 1967.
No Israeli sources verified this news.
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