Hawzah News Agency (Istanbul, Turkey) - Khaled Mishaal emphasized that the Palestinian people will foil the so-called US deal of the century and Washington’s plan to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem.
In a statement, the Israeli army claimed that its forces arrested six wanted Palestinians accused of being involved in resistance activities against Israel.
The IDF raided several homes in different areas of the West Bank, while an Israeli military post near Sa'ir town, northeast of al-Khalil city, was attacked with a Molotov cocktail.
The Hebrew media said that the Molotov cocktail burst into flames near the military post, without causing material damage to the place.
Consequently, the IDF stormed some neighborhoods in al-Khalil city and ransacked homes, with no reported arrests.
In Bethlehem, the IDF raided homes in Tuqu town and kidnapped two children under age 17 identified as Mahmoud al-Amour and Mohamed al-Sha'er.
The IDF also handed 12-year-old Saif al-Amour a summons for interrogation from the Shin Bet after searching his parents' house in the same town.
In Qalqilya, two teenagers were reportedly kidnapped from their homes during an IDF campaign in the city. The boys were identified as Hamed Adwan and Mohamed Adwan from the neighborhood of Kafr Saba.
In Tulkarem, local sources said that several young university students were taken prisoners during an IDF raid on their residence.
Since the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the occupied territories in the West Bank and Jerusalem have been seeing escalating arrests and raids on homes conducted almost on a daily basis by the Israeli military and security authorities.
Mishaal said that the US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a crime that will not be allowed to pass.
During a workshop, staged by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Waqf University in Istanbul, Mishaal said that the US decision to relocate the embassy next May is a big crime aiming at liquidating the Palestinian Question.
Mishaal asked the international community to support the Palestinians and to condemn and confront the US unjust decision.
The Hamas senior leader thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for hosting the Islamic Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul last December, with the participation of 14 heads of state along with other senior delegations. Mishaal also urged Turkey to continue its efforts exerted in support of the Palestinian people.