Jerusalem. .- The Hamas movement has condemned the "heinous" murder of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni, whose body was found this morning in an abandoned house in the Gaza Strip, hours after being kidnapped by a jihadist group linked to al Qaeda. "The government of Gaza condemns this heinous crime, which does not reflect our values, our religion and our customs and traditions," reads a statement released by the Ministry of Interior, collected by the Palestinian news agency Maan.
For his part, Ehab Al Ghssain, a spokesman for the portfolio, explained that the Italian was found dead by the arrest of one member of the terrorist group, even when security forces arrived, he was dead. "The officers moved quickly and intelligence, but when they found the site, the kidnapped man was killed several hours in a horrible way," said Al Ghssain, specifying that he was strangled, was quoted by Reuters.
Arrigoni's body has appeared in a house rented by the jihadist cell, hours after it threatened to execute him, unless the authorities agreed to release their leader, the Sa'eedni Hesham, who was arrested last month. To meet this condition, the terrorists had been given within 30 hours from 11.00 am on Thursday, which expired at 16.00 pm today (one hour behind mainland Spain), in a video posted on YouTube, where Italian appeared blindfolded in a bloody bandage.
In this context, the staff considered that the activist's fate was determined, as the group has not respected its own deadlines. "The intention from the beginning was to kill him because the crime took place shortly after the kidnapping," he added. He has also pointed out that this crime could endanger humanitarian missions in the Gaza Strip as fleets that have attempted to circumvent the blockade imposed by Israel, while he has indicated that this country has achieved its goal of "terrorizing people supports the Palestinian people in Gaza.
" In the same vein, the Palestinian People's Party, a faction of the Liberation Organization (PLO) led by President Mahmoud Abbas, also condemned the incident and demanded the maximum punishment for those responsible. "This crime does not reflect the morals and traditions of the Palestinian people," the statement said.
For its part, Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) to which he belonged Arrigoni, lamented his death. "It's unbelievable, he was more Palestinian than the criminals who have killed," he said. Arrigoni lived in Gaza since August 2008, when it came to its shores in a ship with humanitarian aid.
It is the first foreigner to have been abducted in Gaza since the case of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was released in 2007 after spending 114 days in the hands of the Army of Islam, another group linked to Al Qaeda. 
For his part, Ehab Al Ghssain, a spokesman for the portfolio, explained that the Italian was found dead by the arrest of one member of the terrorist group, even when security forces arrived, he was dead. "The officers moved quickly and intelligence, but when they found the site, the kidnapped man was killed several hours in a horrible way," said Al Ghssain, specifying that he was strangled, was quoted by Reuters.
Arrigoni's body has appeared in a house rented by the jihadist cell, hours after it threatened to execute him, unless the authorities agreed to release their leader, the Sa'eedni Hesham, who was arrested last month. To meet this condition, the terrorists had been given within 30 hours from 11.00 am on Thursday, which expired at 16.00 pm today (one hour behind mainland Spain), in a video posted on YouTube, where Italian appeared blindfolded in a bloody bandage.
In this context, the staff considered that the activist's fate was determined, as the group has not respected its own deadlines. "The intention from the beginning was to kill him because the crime took place shortly after the kidnapping," he added. He has also pointed out that this crime could endanger humanitarian missions in the Gaza Strip as fleets that have attempted to circumvent the blockade imposed by Israel, while he has indicated that this country has achieved its goal of "terrorizing people supports the Palestinian people in Gaza.
" In the same vein, the Palestinian People's Party, a faction of the Liberation Organization (PLO) led by President Mahmoud Abbas, also condemned the incident and demanded the maximum punishment for those responsible. "This crime does not reflect the morals and traditions of the Palestinian people," the statement said.
For its part, Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) to which he belonged Arrigoni, lamented his death. "It's unbelievable, he was more Palestinian than the criminals who have killed," he said. Arrigoni lived in Gaza since August 2008, when it came to its shores in a ship with humanitarian aid.
It is the first foreigner to have been abducted in Gaza since the case of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was released in 2007 after spending 114 days in the hands of the Army of Islam, another group linked to Al Qaeda.
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