West Bank & Jerusalem
Hamas warns of escalating Israeli settlement attacks in Bethlehem.
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi warned that demolitions and forced displacement in Walaja village northwest of Bethlehem and other West Bank communities constitute war crimes against humanity, the Shehab Wire reported. Mardawi accused Israeli forces of targeting Palestinian civilians through house demolitions and mass displacement operations across multiple towns and villages in the occupied territory.
The Hamas leader asserted that the Palestinian people possess sufficient strength to withstand and overcome all occupation plans and schemes designed against them. Mardawi's statement came as settlement expansion and military operations in the Bethlehem area have intensified in recent weeks, according to Palestinian accounts.
