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On Wednesday, Israeli security forces killed a man. local leader of Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzeldin al-Qassam Brigades, in an operation they carried out in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank amid an increase in the number of incursions by Israeli troops into the area following the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israeli territory.

The Hamas infrastructure in Tulkarm was reported by Israeli police in a statement published on its Hamas social media profile. “that he was planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the near future” And? He introduced himself as Hasan Mala.

According to Israeli authorities, Mala “worked to promote terrorist attacks with Aslam Odeh”killed last week in a military operation in Tulkarem, and Zahi Ofi, killed in an airstrike earlier this month, whom he accused of planning “important attacks” to be carried out on the first anniversary of 7 October.

Hamas later issued a statement confirming that Mala was the commander of his armed wing. and stressed that “the aggression of the fascist occupation in Tulkarem and the murder of resistance fighters are Zionist crimes that will not weaken the resolve of the people and the (Palestinian) resistance.”

At the same time, he indicated that these events “confirm the position of the criminal occupation in relation to spread the war from Gaza to the West Bank and anywhere in the occupied territory.” “This is a failed attempt to contain the strong will of the (Palestinian) people on their land and achieve their rights,” he added.

Islamist group He also condemned the death of two other Palestinians, including a minor. during an Israeli drone bombing of the Nur Shams refugee camp on the outskirts of Tulkarem and praised the “heroes of the resistance” who “fight bravely” and “confuse the calculations of the occupying forces” with “quality strikes.”

“Killings will not weaken our resistance and at the same time they will not break the will of the population to support resistance in all the cities, camps and towns of our proud West Bank,” echoed Hamas, which called on Palestinians to “participate by all means in resisting the occupation so that it continues to pay the price for its presence in these territories and its crimes.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that its troops have been “operating” in Nur Shams “since late at night” in an “operation to destroy terrorist infrastructure.” “During the operation, the plane attacked from the air a detachment of armed terrorists who were shooting at our forces,” said a message published on its website.

Israeli army operations and attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem killed more than 750 Palestinians since October 7 last year, when Hamas and other Palestinian groups launched an attack on the Gaza Strip that killed about 1,200 people and took about 250 hostage. Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip have since counted more than 43,100 deaths as a result of Israeli attacks.

(Europe Press)