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Hamas slams PA’s security aggression against resistance in Jenin

January 23, 2025 at 1:01 pm

Palestinian Authority security forces deploy in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank on January 18, 2025 [JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images]

Hamas yesterday condemned in the strongest terms the continued shedding of Palestinian blood at the hands of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s Security Service, saying its practices in the occupied West Bank have “crossed all the red lines and national norms”, Quds Press reported.

In a statement, Hamas accused the PA’s security forces of persisting in attacking citizens in Jenin, saying scenes of the PA’s security besieging Al-Razi Hospital in the city seeking resistance fighters wanted by Israel “have crossed all red lines and constitute a crime against our people and a denial of the blood of the martyrs”.

These actions, the movement added, leaves no room for doubt that the security coordination between the PA and the occupation “reached catastrophic levels.”

The movement called on the Palestinian factions and national and community figures in the West Bank to unite and put an end to the PA’s serious violations and confront the Israeli occupation’s aggression and targeting of the resistance fighters in Jenin.

It also called for coordinating national efforts to confront the targeting of the resistance fighters and the Israeli aggression against the occupied West Bank.

On 14 December, the PA security forces launched a “military operation” in the Jenin refugee camp, under the pretext of pursuing “outlaws”, however Palestinian resistance factions accused the PA of collaborating with Israeli occupation in targeting resistance.

The Palestinian Security Service withdrew earlier this week to allow for occupation forces to launch a military campaign in it. Around 2,000 Palestinian families were displaced from the Jenin Refugee Camp by the second day of the Israeli military offensive, Bashir Matahin, the municipality’s public relations officer, said.

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