RAMALLAH, West Bank — Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, has claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting April 29 that killed an Israeli security guard in the Ariel settlement in the Salfit district in the northern West Bank.
In a May 2 statement, al-Qassam Brigades said the attack came in response to Israel's “defiling and aggression of Al-Aqsa Mosque,” warning that it “will not be the last.”