Hamas and Islamic Jihad vowed to step up attacks against Israel as part of observations Tuesday of “Al Nakba” — Arabic for “the catastrophe,” which is what Palestinians call the creation of the State of Israel. Ahmed Jibril, who said he was behind a weapons shipment to the Gaza Strip intercepted by the Israeli navy last week, called on fellow Arabs to provide funds to purchase more weapons for the Palestinians.
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