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Israel’s demolition policy sign of failure to stop resistance: Hamas

Monday, 11 May 2020 3:30 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 14 May 2020 9:09 AM ]

Israeli demolition machinery is destroying a house belonging to the family of Palestinian prisoner Qassam al-Barghouthi in the town of Kobar, the occupied West Bank, May 11, 2020. (Photo by PIC)

The resistance movement Hamas says Israel’s persistence in demolishing Palestinian homes is manifestation of its failure to crush the Palestinian cause.

In a statement on Monday, the Palestinian resistance movement denounced the demolition policy as “clear reflection of the Israeli occupation’s failure to deter the Palestinian resistance and its fighters and prevent them from carrying out attrition operations against its settlement project in the West Bank.”

The statement came hours after Israeli forces, in a dawn raid, embarked on demolishing a house belonging to the family of Palestinian prisoner Qassam al-Barghouthi in the town of Kobar in the occupied West Bank.

According to a report by the Palestinian Information Center, following the demolition, crowds gathered at the site and protested against the Israeli regime.

Israeli soldiers responded as usual in their regular manner.

They attacked the protesters with rubber bullets and a volley of tear gas and stun grenades, wounding at least one protester in his face, the report added.

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The report said a military jeep caught fire when local youths threw Molotov cocktail at it during the protest.

Barghouthi was abducted by Israeli forces in September last year and since then has been exposed to harsh interrogation and physical torture, the report said, adding that he was accused of carrying out an alleged bombing operation at Ein Bubin spring near the Israeli settlement of Dolev in August 2019.

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Hamas also paid tribute to the prisoner's family for their steadfastness against all punitive practices by Israel that have targeted them since the Ein Bubin operation in Ramallah.

The Gaza-based resistance movement also warned Tel Aviv that it would pay dearly for its crimes against Palestinian families and prisoners and martyrs.

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