Militants of the Popular Resistance Committee, a violent group with ties to the Hamas-led Palestinian government, threatened to kill an abducted Jewish settler. (AP)
Palestinian militant group threatens to kill abducted Jewish settler
By Israel Insider staff and partners June 28, 2006
A Palestinian militant group on Wednesday threatened to kill an abducted Jewish settler if Israel doesn't stop its raid on the Gaza Strip.
The Popular Resistance Committees, which has claimed responsibility for abducting both the settler and an Israeli army corporal, said in a statement that "we are running out of patience."
Israeli authorities have not confirmed the settler's abduction.
A spokesman for the group, known only as Abu Abir, told the Al-Jazeera satellite TV early Wednesday that the settler would be "butchered in front of TV cameras" if the army operation did not stop.
The group told the TV that the settler's name is Eliahu Pinchas Asheri, his full name that had not been broadcast in the media thus far. The group's knowledge of this detail lead Israeli authorities to believe that the group is indeed holding him, Israel Radio reported.
Asheri's picture was published alongside the picture of the kidnapped Israeli soldier on the cover of Israeli newspapers Wednesday with the headline "Fear For Their Lives."
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