Chairman of Hamas political bureau Khaled Meshaal has called the family of Misbah Abu Subeih, the 40-year-old Palestinian who carried out a resistance attack in Jerusalem yesterday, offering the Movement’s condolences to the family and praising the courage of the late martyr.

“Palestinians are proud of this hero who sacrificed his life and blood to defend his people and the holy Aqsa Mosque,” Meshaal said.

He reaffirmed Hamas’s position that resistance remains the chosen road toward the liberation of Palestine.

“Our resistance shall persist until the land and sanctities are liberated, the prisoners are freed and the refugees are back to their homeland.” He stated.

In a separate phone call, Deputy Chairman of Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniya said that Abu Subeih set a model for the generations to follow.

“He was a staunch defender of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque both in his life and his death,” Haniya said.

Misbah Abu Subeih was killed by the occupation army on Sunday morning after he carried out an anti-occupation operation in Occupied Jerusalem in response to the occupation’s simmering terrorism against Palestinians and aggressions on the holy Aqsa Mosque.

He had served several sentences in Israeli jails and suffered several punitive measures, including banishment from Jerusalem and a travel ban, for taking part in defending the Aqsa Mosque against Israeli soldiers and settlers who defile the holy site.

Hamas called Abu Subeih one of its finest sons and stated that the attack was a natural reaction to the continued Israeli crimes against Palestinians and the Holy Aqsa Mosque.