WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas Movement has denounced the assassination of Palestinian resistance figure Rayiq Bisharat as further proof of the Israeli occupation’s “criminal mentality” and its nonstop war on the Palestinian people.
In a statement Wednesday, Hamas said that the killing of Bisharat — along with the rising death toll and violence in the occupied West Bank — reveals the bloody nature of the occupation government, which “targets everything Palestinian” in its quest to erase the Palestinian identity and presence.”
Hamas mourned martyr Bisharat, who was assassinated last night in Tamun town in Tubas, affirming that “the Palestinian people and their resistance will not rest until they expel the occupation from their land and holy sites.”
Hamas called on the West Bank youth and resistance to strongly confront the wide-scale Israeli aggression and crimes against their people, their prisoners and holy sites, and to close ranks against the Israeli genocidal war that targets the Palestinian existence everywhere.
For its part, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine also mourned Bisharat, hailing his life of sacrifice and leadership. In its statement, the group described him as a leader who played a key role in the 1987 intifada and who survived a previous Israeli assassination attempt in 2002 — an attack that killed his wife and left him with amputated hands.
“The martyr was imprisoned for over nine years and led a 53-day hunger strike in 2022 to protest administrative detention,” Islamic Jihad said, adding that “he never faltered in performing his duties and carried out his responsibilities with strong dedication and determination.”
The Movement expressed its belief that the targeted assassinations of leaders and resistance fighters by the criminal Israeli army would never weaken the Palestinian people; instead, they will inspire generations that are stronger and more fearless.
Bisharat was assassinated and his body was seized by Israel’s Yamam special forces following a raid in the West Bank town of Tamun on Tuesday night.
