Hamas: Settlers’ Attack on Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya Is Brazen Terrorism and Will Not Break Our People’s Will

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas affirmed that the settlers’ attack on the village of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, which resulted in the burning of more than one hundred vehicles and dozens of olive trees, warehouses and facilities, and caused widespread damage to citizens’ property, constitutes a brazen terrorist assault and a crime condemned by all standards.

The movement said in its statement that the attack embodies a new link in the chain of brutal settlement encroachment, in an attempt to undermine the steadfastness and resilience of the Palestinian people and to impose plans of annexation and forced displacement.

It warned of the gravity of this crime and of the daily attacks and crimes that precede and follow it, committed by settlers under the direct protection of the occupation army, holding the occupation fully responsible for the repercussions of this organized terrorism.

It affirmed that the Palestinian people and their resistance will not stand idly by in the face of these escalating assaults, and that policies of brutality and aggression will not succeed in breaking their will or wresting away their rights.

The movement praised the residents of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya who rushed to defend their village and support one another, calling on the masses of the Palestinian people and their national and Islamic forces to strengthen solidarity and cohesion on the ground, confront the repeated attacks, and work to deter settlers and curb their persistent encroachment.

It demanded that the international community, the United Nations and human rights and humanitarian institutions assume their legal and moral responsibilities, take serious and effective steps to stop the escalating settlement terrorism, and hold the leaders of the occupation and its settlers accountable for the grave crimes and violations they commit against the Palestinian people, their land and their holy sites.