Hamas, Islamic Jihad Urge Enhancing Palestinian Resistance against Zionist Regime
The two groups released separate statements on Tuesday after Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire during clashes that erupted in Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah City, between protesters and Israeli troops.
Residents identified the victim as Nehad Bargouthi, 19, who was shot in the abdomen with live bullets and was taken to the hospital before succumbing to his wounds.
Local witnesses said the shooting was cold-blooded and with no justification.
In their statements, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said the blood of Martyr Barghouthi and other martyrs and the sacrifices made by Palestinians held in Israeli jails will bring about the enemy’s end.
They called on all Palestinians to continue the path of martyrs and intensify resistance against the Zionist regime in all its forms.
Bargouthi's killing comes a day after Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian teenage boy and wounded at least 14 others during fierce skirmishes in Silat al-Harithiya Village, northwest of Jenin. Those clashes broke out as Israeli troops raided the village to tear down a home.
The Israeli regime keeps up its arrest and demolition spree across the occupied West Bank, amid ongoing clashes between regime forces and Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah.
