Palestinian Association of Restaurants, Hotels and Tourism Services condemns as immoral the targeting of Bianco Resort in the Gaza Strip with an explosive device. The resort was accused of holding a mixed party for men and women. pic.twitter.com/lDoMcJdewW— Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) August 8, 2021
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Palestinian sources accused terrorists belonging to Salafi-Jihadist groups of being behind the attack.
Members of Islamic State (ISIS)-inspired groups in the Gaza Strip accused the resort of holding a music concert for men and women on the beach of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Some members of the groups said they had warned the owner against holding the event, but he ignored the warning.
On August 5, Issa Miqdad, one of the men affiliated with the groups, wrote on Facebook: “Today we went to Bianco Resort in order to deny the evil before it happens, as this resort will hold a mixed singing party tomorrow on the beach of Beit Lahiya. Therefore, we ask the [Hamas] government to stop this evil before it happens. I call on all preachers and sheikhs to publicly denounce this evil after the owner refused our request not to hold the party.”
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip reacted with mixed feelings to the bombing of the resort. Some expressed appreciation for the perpetrators, while others denounced the attack.
The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemned the attack and said it was aimed at intimidating the residents of the Gaza Strip.
“PCHR points out that this resort is a modern and private investment project that opened in the middle of last month and was built on an area of 12 dunams, employing about…
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