RAMALLAH, (PIC)
The Hamas Movement has urged the young people of the West Bank and all the Palestinian masses to join forces with each other and escalate the confrontation with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in all areas and foil its attack on Jenin.
The Israeli army launched on Tuesday a large-scale attack on Jenin and its refugee camp after the Palestinian Authority security forces withdraw from the area. At least eight people were martyred and dozens were injured in the IOF raid.
In a statement, Hamas mourned the citizens who were killed during the IOF operation in Jenin and applauded the resistance fighters for courageously standing in the face of Israeli forces and clashing with them.
Hamas strongly denounced the PA security forces for withdrawing from the vicinity of Jenin camp after the IOF started its operation in the area today, pointing out that the PA security services had besieged Jenin camp for over 48 days and rebuffed all the national initiatives that aimed to end their dangerous measures against the resistance.
Hamas expressed its belief that the Israeli military operation in Jenin would be doomed to failure as happened with its previous operations against the Palestinian people and their valiant resistance in the West Bank.
For its part, the Islamic Jihad Movement described the Israeli army’s large-scale aggression against the West Bank as a “link in the chain of its all-out genocidal war on the Palestinian people.”
“The aggression against Jenin reflects the dilemma the occupation is facing after its failure to achieve its goals in Gaza and its desperate attempt to save its government coalition, which is faltering thanks to the steadfastness of the Palestinian people,” Islamic Jihad said.
Islamic Jihad called on the Palestinians in the West Bank to resist “the Israeli criminal campaign” against them and thwart its goals with might and main.