Hamas's spokesman Husam Badran confirmed Thursday that the Israeli accusations of holding some of Hamas’s leaders abroad responsible for resistance acts in the occupied West Bank are an attempt to cover up the occupation’s failure to prevent freedom fighters from performing their duty of defending their people.

Badran said that the Israeli incitement aims to damage Hamas's ties with countries and parties that support the Palestinian cause.

Badran reaffirmed that Qassam Brigades in the West Bank need no permission or a decision from anyone or any party to assume its role in confronting the Israeli occupation’s settlers and soldiers. 

"We support the resistance fighters, and we stress the inherent right of our people to resist the occupation by all available means." Badran said, hailing the resistance fighters. 

The Israeli occupation’s General Security Service "Shin Bet" alleged it dismantled a Hamas military cell in Nablus, which supposedly worked to resume the movement's activity in the occupied West Bank, accusing Badran of being behind the group’s establishment.