Hamas, Islamic Jihad celebrate Jerusalem attack, call for escalation of ‘resistance’
“[The attack] is a natural response to the crimes of the occupation and the war of extermination it is waging against our people,” Hamas said.
Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian terror organizations celebrated the Jerusalem terror attack at the Ramot Junction on Monday, which killed over six people and wounded scores of others.
“We bless the heroic, high-quality operation carried out by two Palestinian fighters at the Ramot settlement junction north of occupied Jerusalem,” Hamas said. “It is a natural response to the crimes of the occupation and the war of extermination it is waging against our people.”
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad also praised the attack, calling on Palestinians to escalate their “response to the crimes of the occupation army amid Arab and international silence and inaction.”
Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. January 30, 2025. (credit: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed)
“We call for intensifying resistance operations in the Palestinian West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, and for engaging the occupation soldiers and settlers at all points of confrontation with the enemy.”
‘A natural response’
The military spokesman for the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, “Abu Jamal,” blessed the attack and honored the terrorists.
He continued, “Anyone who thought that the pulse of the West Bank would calm is deluded. The operation is a renewed confirmation that the revolution and resistance continue, striking blows at the occupation’s security and military apparatus across our occupied lands.
He called the attack a natural response to the “genocide” and displacement in Gaza, along with the settlement expansion in the West Bank.
“We call upon our people and our steadfast resistance fighters to intensify their painful strikes and escalate their fedayeen operations against the criminals of the entity, in support of our steadfast people in the Gaza Strip,” he concluded.
Six murdered in Jerusalem terror attack
The two terrorists responsible for the Monday Jerusalem attack, which killed six and wounded over 22, attempted to board the Line 62 bus. However, the bus driver, who identified the two as suspicious, refused to let them board, eyewitnesses said.
The attackers then opened fire on the passengers. An armed soldier on the bus managed to kill one of them during the shooting.
