[News] Palestinian Resistance factions praise dual op in Al-Khalil

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Palestinian Resistance factions praise dual op in Al-Khalil
Al Mayadeen English
August 31, 2024
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Palestinian Resistance factions praise the dual operation that took place
at dawn Saturday, calling for escalation against the Israeli occupation and
its forces.
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   - Israeli occupation forces examine a car after an explosion at a gas
   station in the West Bank settlement of Gush Etzion, Saturday, Aug. 31,
   2024. (*AP*)

The Al-Mujahideen Resistance movement hailed the significant and heroic
operations
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-claim-dual-operation-in-al-khalil--response-came-f>
carried out in the Gush Etzion and Karmei Tzur settlements in northern
al-Khalil, in the occupied West Bank, which resulted in confirmed
casualties among Israeli ranks, including the commander of the Etzion
Regional Brigade.

The Resistance movement, in a statement, affirmed that the operations were
"a firey message from the free Palestinian people to the enemy's fascist
government," and a natural response to the violent Israeli crimes in the
West Bank, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the continued attempts at
Judaization and aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque and occupied al-Quds.

The operations also reflect the growing revolutionary sentiment and
increasing confrontations in Palestine against the Israeli enemy forces,
which further reaffirm that the people of Palestine continue fighting on
the path of Resistance
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/with-younger-resistance-gen--in-west-bank--iof-gambling-with>,
the statement said. "The enemy's attempts and plots to break their
[Palestinian people's] will and determination to resist and achieve
liberation will fail."

The Al-Mujahideen movement further considered that the operations were
"another blow to the arrogant enemy's security and intelligence
apparatuses." It warned the Israeli occupation to prepare for floods of
strikes and confrontation axes "from the unknown" and to expect escalations
in operations and blows carried out by the people and the Resistance
everywhere.

"As the enemy attacks in the North, the response will come from the South."
Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ) said the occupation
spreading fabrications and media deception to tone down the security
failure it suffered at the hands of the Resistance fighters "does not
change a thing", noting that these attempts humiliate the occupation's
political and security facets.

All of the enemy's attempts to destroy the Resistance in the West Bank or
Gaza will only yield failures, the PIJ added, stressing that the crimes
perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers only fuel the
Resistance.
Palestinian Resistance Committees

In turn, the Palestinian Resistance Committees also praised the operations
as the embodiment of the Palestinian people and the Resistance's
determination, noting that Israeli assassinations will only cement their
will and right to resist.
Al-Ahrar movement

The Al-Ahrar movement also lauded the dual operation in al-Khalil, saying
it showcased the growing and developing Resistance in the occupied West Bank
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pij-military-west-bank-chief-says-all-factions-to-fight-as-o>,
which pounds the Israeli occupation incessantly everywhere.

The operation was a "clear message to the enemy gambling on the
Resistance's suffocation: The Resistance is present across all axes,
strikes whenever and however it wants, and dictates the timing, setting,
and methods under which it carries out its operations."

The movement cautioned "Israel", saying that while the occupation thinks it
has strangled the Resistance with ethnic cleansing and genocidal crimes, it
should expect escalations in stronger and more painful operations against
its soldiers and settlers.

The movement called for more individual and dual operations and escalations
in confrontations, as a response to the ongoing Israeli crimes. It further
called for the instigation of fear, balanced with deterrence, which would
foil the occupation and its ploys.
Fatah movement

The Fatah movement also echoed the factions’ commendation
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-consensus-on-expanding-west-bank-ops---hamas-off>,
assuring that the Israeli entity will never experience stability over
Palestinian land, regardless of the sacrifices.
PFLP

On its part, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said
that the al-Khalil operation demonstrates the proactive and ceaseless
presence of the Resistance across the occupied West Bank, noting that it
was rapidly advancing and developing its capabilities by the day.

"The Zionists must realize that they will drown in the West Bank’s mire, as
they are in Gaza."
Hamas: The enemy will not enjoy security on our land

Earlier, the Hamas movement announced
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hamas-on-op-near-al-khalil--its-significance-is-in-location>
that "the heroic dual operation that took place tonight near Gush Etzion
and Karmei Tzur settlement, north of al-Khalil, is a clear message that the
Resistance will continue to be strong, far-reaching and persistent as long
as the brutal aggression of the [Israeli] occupation and its targeting of
our people and our land continues."

In their statement, the movement stressed that the operation further sought
to "reaffirm to the occupation that it cannot isolate any part of the
homeland and that the heroic reservoir of our people and resistance in the
West Bank will surprise the occupation at every time and place."

This brave operation, Hamas said in its press release, dealt the
occupation’s security apparatus a significant blow, particularly given the
current high state of readiness.

Moreover, it underscored that "the [Israeli] entity, which will not enjoy
security on our land and will receive more painful blows from our heroic
Resistance."

The statement came after Israeli media announced that four Israeli
occupation soldiers fell casualty
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/resistance-obits-west-bank-martyrs-amid-fierce-confrontation>
during the operation, including Etzion Regional Brigade commander, Colonel
Gal Rich.

Gal Rich had assumed the leadership of the Etzion Brigade only two weeks
ago, according to Palestinian local media. The Brigade was formed after the
ignition of the first Intifada and was tasked with arresting Palestinians
and raiding Palestinian territories, while also securing Israeli
settlements in al-Khalil and Beit Lahm.

Rich also fought in the 2006 July War on Lebanon, as well as the battles of
Aita al-Shaab, Markaba, and Bint Jbeil, before returning to the Kfir
Brigade, an elite infantry force. He later led the Oz Brigade, formed by
former Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot in 2015, which was merged with special
forces to carry out extra-frontline missions and operations. Before joining
the Etzion Brigade, the Israeli commander participated in the ongoing
genocide and aggression against Gaza.
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