PALESTINIAN FACTIONS PLEDGE TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE AFTER HANIYEH'S DEATH

Mr Haniyeh’s assassination was a “cowardly action”, according to Marwan Abdullah, a member of the political bureau of the PFLP.

He said Israel had “failed in the confrontations taking place on the ground and failed to achieve the goals they have announced in this war. This is a big indication that their war goals have changed.”

Vowing that the Palestinians will not be defeated, Mr Abdullah said his movement has “concerns because the enemy has dragged matters to positions that now pose a threat to many aspects of life in this region”.

An ideologically Marxist group, the PFLP was formed in the late 1960s by George Habash, a former doctor whose sister was killed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Its military wing, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, is so called in honour of Mr Habash’s successor, who was assassinated while sitting in his office in 2001.

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Palestinian factions pledge to continue struggle after Haniyeh's death