Official Reactions
- Involved parties
Israel
- Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Gideon Meir stated that Israel held Hamas responsible for the attacks, accusing the Hamas of "giving support to all the other terrorist organizations".
Palestinian territories:
- Hamas, which won the Palestinian general elections on 25 January 2006, refused to condemn the attack, and instead described the attack as an act of this self-defense.
- Khaled Abu Helal, spokesman for the Hamas-led Interior Ministry, called the attack "a direct result of the policy of the occupation and the brutal aggression and siege committed against our people."
- International
- United States: The Bush administration has strongly criticized the attacks, calling it "a despicable act of terror for which there is no excuse or justification."
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