Hamas spokesperson in Jerusalem Mohammed Hamada stated the following: Attacking Palestinian citizens in Jerusalem and worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli occupation forces on the annive
We hold Israeli leaders fully responsible for repercussions.
As we hail Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and across the occupied West Bank, as well as the 1948 Palestinian occupied territories, and salute the Palestinian masses who took out to the streets on this day to express their sense of belonging and love for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, we warn the Israeli occupation against continuing its crimes and abuses.
The Palestinian people will not stand idly by in the face of such atrocious assaults and will continue their struggle to protect Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and defend their constants and holy sites.
We call on the Palestinian people to continue pushing back against the Israeli occupation and its Judaisation and colonial-settler schemes.
We also urge the Arab and Muslim nations and the free peoples of the world to immediately act to expose Israeli crimes, prevent the Israeli occupation from continuing its aggression against Jerusalem, Palestinian Jerusalemites, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and support the Palestinian people and their just cause.