WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas Movement stated on Wednesday evening that the massacre committed by Israeli occupation forces and settlers in the town of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah—which resulted in the killing of three young men and injuries to others—requires a serious and unified response from the Palestinian people, both at the grassroots and official levels, to confront the escalating crimes of the occupation and its settlers.
In a statement, the Movement mourned the martyrs who fell in Kafr Malik and praised the local residents for their resistance against the brutal attack launched by settlers and occupation soldiers, which included the burning of homes and vehicles and the terrorizing of residents.
Hamas emphasized that “this crime reflects the entrenched nature of the Israeli occupation, which is built on targeting the Palestinian people and attempting to uproot them from their land.”
The Movement stressed that the response to such crimes must be through “comprehensive resistance and the formation of popular and official protection committees to defend Palestinian villages and towns.”
Hamas also called on the Palestinian Authority and its security forces to assume their responsibilities in protecting the Palestinian people, urging the immediate release of all political detainees and resistance fighters held in PA prisons.
“Our people will not stand idly by in the face of this ongoing series of crimes, killings, and forced displacement,” the statement warned.
It reiterated that all forms of resistance are the “natural and legitimate response to the terror of the occupation.”
The statement concluded by affirming that “the blood of the martyrs in Kafr Malik, as in all of Palestine, will not be in vain. It will continue to fuel the path of liberation until freedom is achieved, the occupation is defeated, and a Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Earlier today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that three Palestinians were killed and seven others wounded—one of them critically—following an armed settler attack on the town of Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah and Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank.
The ministry noted that medical teams treated the injured, who were transported to hospitals, and confirmed the death of three citizens due to direct gunfire.
Groups of settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, stormed the town and attacked Palestinian homes, sparking confrontations that led to casualties.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams dealt with five live bullet injuries in Kafr Malik, two of whom were critically wounded before being pronounced dead.
Around 100 settlers attacked the town, setting several homes on fire and assaulting residents. Locals resisted the attack, resulting in injuries and further destruction of homes and vehicles.
