Hamas hails Huwara shooting as ‘heroic response’ to Israeli violations in al-Aqsa

The Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement has hailed the retaliatory shooting operation in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara, describing it as a heroic response to repeated desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound by extremist settlers.

Mohammad Hamadeh, the spokesman for the Hamas branch in occupied al-Quds, said on Wednesday that the operation sent a clear message to the occupying Tel Aviv regime and Zionist settlers, who intended to invade al-Quds and the holy al-Aqsa Mosque during the Rosh HaShanah holidays for the Jewish New Year.

“The struggle against the Israeli occupation will continue until full restoration of Palestinians’ rights,” he added.

He praised the brave Palestinian nation who stood up against Israeli forces, and resistance fighters who prove their might every day to create deterrence against Israel and dispel its invincibility myth.

Hamadeh also said that the operation was a response to the follies of far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir against Palestinian prisoners.

Earlier this month, Ben-Gvir declared that Palestinian prisoners would now be permitted family visits only once every two months instead of once a month.

He also revoked a policy allowing for the early release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.

Earlier this year, he attempted to enforce stricter regulations on the duration of showers and ordered the elimination of ovens in prisons.