JENIN, (PIC)
Aysar as-Saadi, commander of al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas in Jenin, was martyred at dawn Tuesday during armed clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin City.
The Israeli occupation army announced that its forces assassinated as-Saadi and another young man and seized their bodies during a raid in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin.
The Israeli army also said that it arrested three young men during the events in the same area.
For its part, Hamas mourned martyr as-Saadi, saying he was one of the prominent commanders of its armed wing in Jenin.
In a statement, Hamas affirmed that the assassination of as-Saadi would not stop the rising tide of Palestinian resistance in the occupied territories, stressing that it would remain adherent to the resistance option until the removal of the Israeli occupation from the Palestinian land.
