Islamic Jihad, Hamas slam Israeli raid on Tubas as part of systematic 'West Bank displacement'
The Islamic Jihad resistance movement says the expansive military raids launched by the Zionist regime’s army on cities and towns in the occupied West Bank since this morning are “aimed to empty the West Bank of its people, displace them, and seize their lands and properties.”
In a statement released on Wednesday, the group described the military offensive as "a new systematic aggression against Palestinians."
The Zionist regime’s army conducted large-scale raids on the Palestinian town of Tubas, near Nablus, deploying hundreds of soldiers along with armored vehicles.
Palestinian media reported that a curfew was imposed on Tuesday night on Tubas and several surrounding communities. Roads were sealed with earthen barriers, and families were forced from their homes as Zionist regime’s forces stormed residential buildings.
Islamic Jihad said the raids are part of an ongoing pattern of Israeli attempts to tighten control over the occupied territory.
“This new aggression coincides with frantic attempts by the Knesset to approve laws paving the way for annexation operations, including the bill that permits settlers to acquire occupied lands,” Islamic Jihad said.
The movement further stated that Israel’s widening military raids were solely driven by the Israeli prime minister's objective of political survival as he faces mounting internal pressure.
“The regime of Benjamin Netanyahu, which no longer finds any way to survive except by waging wars and committing massacres, is a government of war criminals, whose members must all be prosecuted,” the statement added.
Islamic Jihad also condemned the international community’s silence towards Zionist regime’s criminal behavior.
“Our Palestinian people and their resistance forces will confront these crimes, which the world continues to ignore, with full strength and steadfastness,” it said.
Hamas issued a separate statement sharply condemning the “military operation launched across the Northern West Bank, which involves sieges, curfews, raids, and mass arrests,” adding that the assault coincides with new legislative steps taken by Israel.
“The operation is part of Zionist annexation and displacement plans aimed at crushing Palestinian presence and achieving full control,” the movement said, noting that the "Zionist Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee approved a bill allowing 'Israeli' settlers to directly purchase land in the occupied West Bank."
Hamas denounced the legislation, calling the bill “a crime that violates international law and advances the occupation's plan to annex and Judaize the territory.”
The Palestinian Mujaheddin Movement, another resistance faction, denounced the raid as part of Israel's “open war” to annex the West Bank and forcibly remove its residents.
Zionist regime’s has sealed off large parts of the Tubas Governorate after sending heavy reinforcements into the northern Jordan Valley, shutting the region off from the rest of the occupied West Bank.
Zionist regime’s Apache helicopters fired rounds over empty fields around Tubas in a bid to threaten Palestinian residents.
The residents said that the scale of this operation, which began shortly after midnight, resembles the large military invasions Israel has conducted across the West Bank since the Gaza genocide started in 2023.
Tubas Governor Ahmed Asaad said Israeli troops had seized several buildings on high ground overlooking the governorate.
More than 50,000 Palestinians live across the five towns now encircled by the regime's army.
More than 1,000 Palestinians have been martyred by Zionist regime’s forces in the West Bank in the past two years.