The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has condemned the extremist Israeli minister of finance Bezalel Smotrich's call for "wiping out" Huwara town in the occupied West Bank. 

Hamas spokesperson, Abdel Latif al-Qanoa, said Wednesday evening that Smotrich's comments are a "dangerous indicator of the scale of public incitement for Israeli settler militias to commit more state-sponsored massacres against our Palestinian people." 

When asked at an economic conference why he liked a tweet that called to "wipe out" Huwara, Smotrich said: “Because I think the village of Huwara needs to be wiped out. I think the State of Israel should do it.” 

In a press statement, Al-Qanoa called for an urgent international action to put an end to the Israeli occupation's extremism and violence and hold its leaders accountable for their crimes and racism against the Palestinian people.  

On Sunday night, Israeli colonial settlers carried out more than 320 attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in several towns and villages near Nablus, killing one citizen, injuring hundreds more, and setting dozens of homes, stores, and cars on fire.