Spokesman Barhoum affirmed in a press statement on Thursday that such confrontations are the only means to foil the plots of Zionist occupation regime, exhaust it, and prevent it from achieving its goals as a prelude to liberating the entire Palestinian soil.

“The shooting operation at Joseph’s Tomb today confirmed the West Bank resistance’s ability to inflict losses on the enemy, impose new rules of engagement on it and make any israeli break-ins or assaults in Palestinian areas very costly for the occupation state and its settlers,” Barhoum underlined. 

In a separate statement, Hamas Movement hailed the bravery of the Palestinian resistance fighters who carried out the shooting operation at Joseph’s Tomb during clashes between local youths and the IOF, stressing its strong support for the resistance fighters in the West Bank.

Earlier at dawn Thursday, two Jewish settlers and a senior military officer were lightly wounded at Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus after Palestinian resistance fighters opened fire in the area, according to a spokesperson for the zionist occupation army. (ILKHA)