Al-Qassam Brigades warns against escalation as it ends ceasefire with Israel

GAZA, (PIC)-- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, on Friday warned the Israeli occupation state that it would pay dearly for its crimes in the Gaza Strip and vowed to avenge the blood of civilians and resistance fighters.

In a press release, the Brigades added that Israel's persistence in its aggression against Gaza people would bring disasters on its entity and security.

The statement underlined that Al-Qassam Brigades would be in the vanguard defending the Gaza Strip and its steadfast people and would not allow the occupation to escalate its attacks without retaliation.

The Brigades strongly denounced the latest Israeli crime which happened in a neighborhood in Rafah area killing one child, four fighters from Salahuddin Brigades, and one senior official from the popular resistance committees.

For its part, the popular resistance committees warned the Israeli occupation that Salahuddin Brigades, its armed wing, would respond strongly to the killing of a senior official and fighters of the committees.

Senior official of the committees Ayman Al-Shashniya stated that such Israeli crimes would only increase the Brigades' determination to resist the occupation.

He urged all the armed wings of resistance factions to get ready to repel Israel's aggression against their people in Gaza, and called on the Israeli occupation state to prepare for the worst to come. more

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