The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas called on West Bank residents to protest “intensify the conflict” with Israel. Everything comes after the Israeli army bombing a refugee camp in an attack which left at least 18 dead and in which they claim after killing one of the leaders of the formation.
“We call on the people of the West Bank to take to the streets of all provinces with massive demonstrations of anger, to work on conflict escalation and confrontation with the occupation,” said the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in a statement.
In this sense, the organization highlights the “we must mobilize” at the same time as he describes the attack on the Tulkarem refugee camp as “a dangerous escalation”.
According to the Israeli army, during the attack Hamas commander dies in Tulkaremidentified as Zahi Yaser Abdel Razaq Awfi, along with “other prominent members of the group. The leader planned to carry out “a terrorist operation” inside the Hebrew country “imminently.”
Palestine calls attack a ‘heinous crime’
The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least 18 people were killed and several injured in the Israeli attack on the refugee camp. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Wafa news agency said that The attack targeted a cafeteria.
The Palestinian government has called the attack a “heinous crime” and is calling on the international community to take humanitarian and human rights measures and take action against Israel. “This massacre confirms that they do not care about international decisions and that “They act as a criminal force above the law” denounced in a statement in reference to the decision of the International Court of Justice, which affirmed that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank is illegal.
The secular formation of Fatah, led by the said government and in parallel, blamed Israel’s ‘colonial occupation system’ of the massacre and described it as “ethnic cleansing”. Furthermore, they also demanded action from the international community.
Bombings continue on Beirut
Over the past 24 hours, Israel has continued its bombardments in Beirut against Hezbollah targets. These attacks left at least nine dead, but Lebanon does not rule out an increase in the number of victims while clashes continue on the border between the two countries.
