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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">Hamas: The Kafr Malik massacre demands formation of popular and official protection committees</h1>
<p class="gmail-single_date">Thursday 26-June-2025 - <font size="1"><a href="https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/06/26/342005/">https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/06/26/342005/</a></font></p>
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<p>WEST BANK, (PIC)</p>
<p>The Hamas Movement stated on Wednesday evening that the massacre
committed by Israeli occupation forces and settlers in the town of Kafr
Malik, east of Ramallah\u2014which resulted in the killing of three young men
and injuries to others\u2014requires a serious and unified response from the
Palestinian people, both at the grassroots and official levels, to
confront the escalating crimes of the occupation and its settlers.</p>
<p>In a statement, the Movement mourned the martyrs who fell in Kafr
Malik and praised the local residents for their resistance against the
brutal attack launched by settlers and occupation soldiers, which
included the burning of homes and vehicles and the terrorizing of
residents.</p>
<p>Hamas emphasized that \u201cthis crime reflects the entrenched nature of
the Israeli occupation, which is built on targeting the Palestinian
people and attempting to uproot them from their land.\u201d</p>
<p>The Movement stressed that the response to such crimes must be
through \u201ccomprehensive resistance and the formation of popular and
official protection committees to defend Palestinian villages and
towns.\u201d</p>
<p>Hamas also called on the Palestinian Authority and its security
forces to assume their responsibilities in protecting the Palestinian
people, urging the immediate release of all political detainees and
resistance fighters held in PA prisons.</p>
<p>\u201cOur people will not stand idly by in the face of this ongoing series
of crimes, killings, and forced displacement,\u201d the statement warned.</p>
<p>It reiterated that all forms of resistance are the \u201cnatural and legitimate response to the terror of the occupation.\u201d</p>
<p>The statement concluded by affirming that \u201cthe blood of the martyrs
in Kafr Malik, as in all of Palestine, will not be in vain. It will
continue to fuel the path of liberation until freedom is achieved, the
occupation is defeated, and a Palestinian state is established with
Jerusalem as its capital.\u201d</p>
<p>Earlier today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that
three Palestinians were killed and seven others wounded\u2014one of them
critically\u2014following an armed settler attack on the town of Kafr Malik,
east of Ramallah and Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank.</p>
<p>The ministry noted that medical teams treated the injured, who were
transported to hospitals, and confirmed the death of three citizens due
to direct gunfire.</p>
<p>Groups of settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, stormed
the town and attacked Palestinian homes, sparking confrontations that
led to casualties.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams dealt with five
live bullet injuries in Kafr Malik, two of whom were critically wounded
before being pronounced dead.</p>
<p>Around 100 settlers attacked the town, setting several homes on fire
and assaulting residents. Locals resisted the attack, resulting in
injuries and further destruction of homes and vehicles.</p>
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