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Palestine groups call for escalating ‘resistance operations’ against Israel in Occupied West Bank

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Israeli military vehicles patrol the streets and alleys of the area during the second day of the raid on the Tulkarem Refugee Camp in the West Bank on December 25, 2024 [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]

Palestinian factions called, Monday, for escalating resistance operations in the Occupied West Bank in retaliation for Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.

Three illegal Israeli settlers were killed and six others injured early Monday in a shooting attack near the Kedumim settlement in the northern West Bank.

In a statement, Hamas hailed the attack as

a heroic response to the ongoing crimes and war of extermination committed by the (Israeli) occupation against our people in Gaza, the displacement plans in the West Bank, and the settler aggression on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and holy sites

“This operation is a message to the extremist Israeli government and its ministers that there is a free and rebellious nation that will not abandon its rights and that the resistance will continue until the occupation is removed from all of our lands,” it added.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) called the shooting attack a “powerful message” to the Israeli occupation.

It called for escalating resistance operations in the West Bank “to confuse the occupation’s calculations and weaken its security system.”

The Popular Resistance Committees termed the attack “a natural response” to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and the Judaisation and annexation plans in the West Bank.

Tension has been running high across the Occupied West Bank due to Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 45,800 people, mostly women and children, since 7 October, 2023.

At least 835 Palestinians have also been killed and nearly 6,700 others injured by Israeli army fire in the Occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian figures.

In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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PFLP condemns PA for arresting resistance fighters in occupied West Bank

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Palestinian Authority police forces can be seen violently arresting a Palestinian man on 12 March 2017 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has condemned the Palestinian Authority for arresting resistance fighters, and even shooting them, in an “approach that is nationally and popularly rejected, and serves the Israeli occupation regime and its objectives.”

The PFLP stressed on Wednesday that shootings and arrests, which have escalated in Jenin and other cities and refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank, reflect a “dangerous deviance” in the behaviour of the PA and its security services.

“The responsibility for the unfortunate events witnessed in the city of Jenin, the most dangerous of which is the deliberate shooting of a resistance fighter, fall on the shoulders of the PA’s leadership and its security services,” said the PFLP.

It stressed that Palestinian weapons must be “pointed exclusively” at the Zionist enemy, and that the weapons of resistance are “a red line that must not be crossed.”

The movement explained that this development required the Palestinian forces, factions and national and influential figures to intervene urgently in order to contain these unfortunate events so that they do not get out of control. This is essential, it added, in light of the critical circumstances and the genocide of the Palestinian people, as well as the acceleration of the occupation regime’s Judaisation and annexation operations in the West Bank.

It called for a unified national position that puts pressure on the PA leadership to stop this “destructive” approach immediately and engage in serious national efforts to “support the resistance and confront the occupation regime.”

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