2 Israeli injured, one critically, in Palestinian resistance operation
Two Israeli settlers have been injured, one of them critically, following a Palestinian resistance operation in the north of the occupied West Bank.
The "shooting operation" took place in the town of Huwara, south of the city of Nablus, on Tuesday.
The Palestinian Information Center news agency attributed the operation to "Palestinian resistance fighters." Other outlets said the al-Fajr Brigade, which is associated with the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades -- a coalition of West Bank-based Palestinian resistance groups -- had claimed responsibility for the incident.
Israeli media sources, meanwhile, said one of the settlers was in a "critical condition," while the other had been "moderately injured."
The fighters managed to flee the scene, the sources added, saying that Israeli military reinforcements had been deployed to the area to conduct a comprehensive search operation in pursuit of the fighters.
The West Bank has been witnessing a surge in such resistance operations in reaction to the Israeli regime's and its illegal settlers' incessant instances of deadly aggression against the Palestinians, and their near-daily violations against Palestinian properties and holy sites.
Palestinians have been escalating their resistance activities in response to the repeated Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, lands, and holy sites.
Meanwhile, the Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem hailed the Huwara shooting attack, affirming that the Palestinian fighters in the West Bank will continue resisting the Israeli occupation.
Qassem pointed out that the attack coincides with the 18th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, stressing that this reflects the Palestinian people’s ability to resist the Israeli occupation until there will be no place for the invaders.