“The martyr who carried out the operation hurt the entire entity (israel) and redrew the map of the homeland on the eve of the Land Day anniversary, the occasion that revives the spirit of struggle within the Palestinian people,” Haneyya stated in a brief statement on Tuesday.

“The martyr has sent through this heroic operation a message that the future is in the hands of the legitimate owners of the land, and not the entity or those who normalize or coordinate with it,” the Hamas leader said.

“Such heroes, who are born from the womb of our people in Jenin, Negev and the Triangle, … have affirmed that the Palestinian generations refuse to surrender or give up regardless of the sacrifices,” he added

Five Israelis were killed and others were injured in a shooting operation last night in a suburb of Tel Aviv, in the third such incident in 1948 occupied Palestine within days. (ILKHA)