Foreign Ministry: Israel’s Killing of Young Palestinians ‘Organized State Terrorism’
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly denounced Israel’s recent killing of two young Palestinians during a night raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
In a statement released on Monday, the ministry held the occupying regime fully responsible for the consequences of its actions.
This crime is “organized state terrorism and continuous Israeli attempts to plunge the area into a spiral of escalation and violence with the aim of impeding a political solution to the conflict, evading its obligations, and imposing a military approach in dealing with our people, their cause and their rights,” the statement read.
The ministry said the Western double standards encourage Israel to keep up the gradual annexation of the occupied West Bank, including East al-Quds.
The ministry said it was pursuing the crimes of Israel with the competent international courts, including the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh also held Israel fully responsible for the repercussions that may result from daily killings and incursions.
“This crime reflects the thinking and behavior of the perpetrators, who continue their crimes without fear of being held accountable or punished,” the premier said.
He called on the countries that voted in favor of requesting a legal advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination to take immediate measures to provide protection for the Palestinian people.
Hamas: Blood of martyrs will ignite new Intifada (Uprising)
In response to the killings, Palestine’s resistance movement Hamas said every drop of the Palestinian blood will ignite a new Intifada against the regime.
“The Israeli escalation against our people will only intensify their strong determination to confront the new Israeli government’s terrorism and fascism,” the Gaza-based movement said.
Earlier Monday, Palestinian medical sources said the fatalities were caused as Israeli forces stormed the village of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin.
They identified one victim as Muhammad Samer Hoshieh, 21, from the nearby town of Yamoun, who died after being hit by live bullets in the chest. The second was identified as 17-year-old Fuad Mahmoud Ahmed Abed, from Kafr Dan, who succumbed to injuries in the abdomen and thigh.
Eight more Palestinians were also injured in the attack.
Israeli forces carried out the raid in an effort to demolish the homes of two Palestinian martyrs.
Over the past months, Israeli troops and settlers have considerably intensified attacks on the Palestinians across the occupied territories.
The Middle East Eye news and analysis website has reported that 2022 has been the deadliest year for the Palestinians in the West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip since the Second Palestinian Intifada, which ended in 2005.
Source: Press TV