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Hamas ‘will avenge’ commander’s assassination

The Hamas movement has warned Israel of retaliation for the assassination of one of the founders of its military wing in Dubai earlier this month.

“Mahmud Abdel Rauf al-Mabhuh died a martyr in Dubai on January 20, 2010 in suspect circumstances that require an inquiry in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates authorities,” Hamas said in a statement released from its Gaza stronghold on Friday.

“We hold Israel responsible for the assassination of our brother and leader,” the statement said.

Hamas would “retaliate for this Zionist crime at the appropriate moment,” it added.

Damascus-based Hamas media official, Izzat al-Rishq, said on Friday that Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed by Israeli agents on January 20th.

“The Zionist enemy assassinated commander Mahmud al-Mabhuh in the United Arab Emirates,” Rishq said, adding that Hamas would “avenge the blood shed by the martyr.”

The 50-year-old Mabhuh was one of the founders of Hamas’s armed wing, Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.

According to Hamas, Mabhuh remains have been flown to the Syrian capital where a funeral is to be held Friday.

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