The Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas mourns the death of 63-year-old Ghadeer Masalmeh, who was killed in a car-ramming attack carried out by a malicious Israeli colonial settler before fleeing the scene near Sinjil town north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.    

The surge in Israeli colonial settlers' crimes against Palestinian citizens of the West Bank, the latest of which were the attacks on Burqa town in northern Nablus and the car-ramming against Masalmah, will not be tolerated by the Palestinian people who reject injustice and will defend the dignity of Palestinian female detainees.    

Comprehensive resistance, with all of its forms particularly armed struggle, is the practical and true response to crimes by the Israeli occupation and its colonial settlers. 

These rogue groups who have shed Palestinian blood, desecrated holy sites, attacked Palestinian homes, and targeted women on the streets will pay the price for their assaults and will be kicked out of Palestine by the Palestinian resistance.  

We salute Burqa's residents and all those who confronted the Israeli colonial settlers' attacks and defended their town. 

Confronting Israeli colonial settlers and protecting Palestinian citizens from all attacks should be part of a daily resistance program for all Palestinian segments on the ground and across the occupied West Bank. 

Hamas Movement 
Friday, 24 December 2021