> On Mar 21, 2024, at 7:09 PM, Marv Gandall <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is the only reference I could find in the Wikipedia entry in relation to
> Hamas terrorism:
It's a long article. I thought this was explanatory: "Hamas first began
suicide attacks specifically targeting civilians in response to the Cave of the
Patriarchs massacre carried out by the American-Israeli settler Baruch
Goldstein, who on 25 February 1994, during Ramadan, killed 29 unarmed civilians
by throwing hand grenades and firing at a group of worshippers during prayer at
the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.[152][153] There was a strong sense that the
Israeli military was complicit in the massacre because Goldstein wore military
fatigues during his attack and carried an assault rifle issued by the IDF, the
nearby IDF forces failed to intervene to stop the attack, and indeed an
additional 19 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the riots that
ensued in protest of the massacre.[153] Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
condemned the massacre, but refused to withdraw Jewish settlers from Hebron,
fearing a violent confrontation with the settler community.[123] Hamas
announced that if Israel did not discriminate between "fighters and civilians",
then it would be "forced ... to treat the Zionists in the same manner. Treating
like with like is a universal principle."
152. Zuhur, Sherifa (2008). Hamas and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of
Group-based Politics. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Strategic Studies Institute. ISBN
978-1-58487-371-6.
153. Dunning, Tristan (2016). Hamas, Jihad and Popular Legitimacy:
Reinterpreting Resistance in Palestine. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317384946.
Mark
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