Hamas hails ‘heroic’ anti-Israeli op in West Bank, says aggression ‘won't go unpunished’

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has hailed as “heroic” the retaliatory operation carried out against Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, where the occupying regime has intensified its raids.

On Tuesday, two Israeli occupation troopers were killed and six others injured in a shooting attack near the village of Tayasir, east of Tubas, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian who carried out the operation was martyred when Israeli troops opened fire on him.

In reaction to the operation, Hamas said in a statement that the Israeli crimes in the West Bank “will not go unpunished.”

“The continued occupation crimes against our Palestinian people in the West Bank and its camps in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Tubas will not undermine the determination of our people and its resistance,” it said.

The statement added that the Tayasir operation reaffirms that Palestinians are resolved to “continue on the path of resistance and confront the fascist Zionist aggression.”

Hamas said that Israel’s attempts to break the resistance and forcibly displace the Palestinian people will fail in the face of the courage of the Palestinians and their valiant resistance.

The group also called for more retaliatory attacks against the Israeli forces and settlers, reaffirming the Palestinian people’s right to freedom and establishment of their independent country, with al-Quds as its capital.

‘A new slap in the face to Israeli regime’

The media office of the Resistance Committees in Palestine also said, “We consider the heroic operation at the Tayasir checkpoint a legitimate and natural response to the crimes of the Israeli enemy and its raging war against our people in Jenin and all of Palestine.”

“The operation is a new slap in the face to the Israeli security and military system and a message to the Zionists that they have no security as long as the Israeli aggression against our people continues,” it stressed.

The Tuesday operation came as Israel has intensified its raids on the occupied West Bank, killing dozens of people.

Hamas warns it will proceed with its ‘own actions’ if Israel continues to violate ceasefire deal

Hamas warns that it could respond to the Israeli regime’s continued violations of a ceasefire deal between Tel Aviv and the group.

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, has condemned Israel’s “criminal” actions in the West Bank.

She warned Israel is widening the scope of destruction beyond the Gaza Strip across all the occupied Palestinian territory.

“The genocidal intent is evident in the way Israel targets (1) the totality of the Palestinians ‘as such’; (2) in the totality of the occupied Palestinian territory ... It’s past the time to intervene to stop it,” she said.

Since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in Gaza last month, the occupying regime has launched a deadly raid on Jenin and its camp.

Israel was forced to agree to a Gaza ceasefire after the regime failed to achieve its objectives in the besieged territory despite killing almost 62,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, during more than 15 months of onslaught.

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