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The Fatah terrorist faction has claimed the capability of chemical and biological weapons and has threatened Israel with a WMD attack, according to the Jerusalem Post. Leaflets distributed in the Gaza Strip state that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade has spent the last three years developing the capabilty, the start of which seems oddly coincidental to the fall of Saddam Hussein (via Reliapundit):The Aksa Martyrs' Brigades group announced on Sunday that it its members have succeeded in manufacturing chemical and biological weapons to be used against Israel. In a leaflet distributed in the Gaza Strip, the group, which belongs to Palestinian...

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The Parents of kidnapped IDF soldier have decided to publish Monday a letter addressed to their son and his captors, in a bid to bring to his release: Our dear and sweet Gilad: Mom, dad, Yoel and Hadas are very concerned for you and wish to hear from you. We hope that you are healthy and feeling well, as best as it is possible in your condition. We hope that you can read these lines and we want you to know that the greatest efforts are being carried out so that you can return home to Hila and the Galilee,...

Palestinian militant groups that claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack on an Israel Defense Forces post near Gaza said Monday that they would provide information on the soldier kidnapped in the raid in return for certain demands. The attack was claimed by the Hamas military wing, the Popular Resistance Committees and a hitherto unknown group calling itself the Army of Islam. Corporal Gilad Shalit was abducted in the pre-dawn attack on his tank, in which two of the members of his four-strong crew were killed and the third seriously wounded. A pamphlet sent to local Gaza media outlets Monday and signed...

An IDF soldier was kidnapped Sunday after a coordinated attack by at least three Palestinian factions killed an IDF officer and soldier and wounded four others near the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. Security forces sweeping the area around Rafah discovered the soldier's flak jacket. Olmert: PA responsible for attack The Popular Resistance Committees, who engineered Sunday morning's attack, denied that the missing soldier was in their custody, while Hamas - although it did not formally claim the abduction - announced that it would not provide Israel with any intelligence on the soldier's whereabouts without getting "something...

HAMAS leaders are using an Israeli soldier held hostage by Palestinian militants as a bargaining chip by offering his safe return if Israel refrains from invading Gaza to find him.Video: Israeli forces deploy for response As Israeli tanks and soldiers continued to mass on the southwestern Gaza border, the militant wing of the deposed Fatah party yesterday warned it would use chemical weapons if the threatened invasion was launched. While the chemical weapons capability of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is yet to be verified, the threat sharply heightens tensions. In a leaflet released in Gaza, the brigades said: "With the...

JPost.com » Middle East » Article Al-Aksa claims chemical capabilities By KHALED ABU TOAMEH The Aksa Martyrs Brigades announced on Sunday that its members have succeeded in manufacturing chemical and biological weapons. In a leaflet distributed in the Gaza Strip, the group, which belongs to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah Party, said the weapons were the result of a three-year effort. According to the statement, the first of its kind, the group has managed to manufacture and develop at least 20 different types of biological and chemical weapons. The group said its members would not hesitate to add the...