Hamas on Wednesday announced that one of its senior members was assassinated in Damascus and later blamed Israel.
The announcement, posted on the terrorist group's official website said it was unknown who killed Kamal Ranaja, also known as Nizzar Abu Mujhad, but that the group was investigating the incident.
A senior Hamas official later told AFP, "According to our information, Mossad was behind the assassination."
The official added that Ranaja was killed in his home, implicating "a group of people."
The statement on Hamas's website added that Ranaja died "in the service of his cause and his people," vowing that his blood would "not be wasted."
Hamas did not detail when Ranaja was killed.
In February 2008, senior Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh was killed by a bomb in his car in the Syrian capital, an attack the terror group blamed on Israel.
Mughniyeh was a Lebanese national who climbed the ranks of the Palestinian Fatah movement's elite Force 17 military force before moving to the Lebanese Shi'ite organization.
The announcement, posted on the terrorist group's official website said it was unknown who killed Kamal Ranaja, also known as Nizzar Abu Mujhad, but that the group was investigating the incident.
A senior Hamas official later told AFP, "According to our information, Mossad was behind the assassination."
The official added that Ranaja was killed in his home, implicating "a group of people."
The statement on Hamas's website added that Ranaja died "in the service of his cause and his people," vowing that his blood would "not be wasted."
Hamas did not detail when Ranaja was killed.
In February 2008, senior Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh was killed by a bomb in his car in the Syrian capital, an attack the terror group blamed on Israel.
Mughniyeh was a Lebanese national who climbed the ranks of the Palestinian Fatah movement's elite Force 17 military force before moving to the Lebanese Shi'ite organization.
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