The Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement Saturday condemned Israeli troops’ killing of six Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and called for reactivating the armed attacks against Israel.
Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said in a press statement sent to reporters that “the crime of killing six Palestinians is purely a war crime,” adding “this crime urges all Palestinian factions to reactivate armed resistance against the occupation and its crimes in the West Bank and Gaza.”
He slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his security forces for keeping the crackdown on militants in the West Bank, adding “Abbas militias are carrying out daily arrests against activists and militants, while the Zionist occupation forces carryout daily incursions into the West Bank cities.”
On Saturday predawn, an Israeli warplane fired one missile at four Palestinians who were trying to infiltrate into Israel through the security fence between northern Gaza Strip and Israel. Three were killed and one survived, according to an Israeli army spokesman and Palestinian witnesses.
In a separate incident earlier on Saturday, the Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and killed three activists affiliated to Fatah’s armed wing al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
The current Israeli military escalation against the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza coincides with the one year anniversary for the 22-day Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip, which ended on Jan. 18, leaving some 1,400 Palestinians killed.
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