Hamas announced the martyrdom of three Palestinians who were assassinated by Israel in the city of Jenin, and stressed that Israel “will not escape paying the price.”

“Russia Today” quoted Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem: “The Zionist enemy is committing a new crime by assassinating three of our Palestinian people in Jenin, in an escalation of its aggression and continued terror against our people.”

He said: “The occupation will not escape paying the price for its crimes. Our Palestinian people and their valiant resistance will not let the aggression of the occupation pass without paying the price.”

He continued, “This escalation by the Zionist enemy, which targets our people and their sanctities, confirms the necessity of serious work to formulate a practical national plan to confront the occupation, and the involvement of all nationals in the program to confront the settler government’s terrorism.”

“Russia Today” said that clashes broke out between Palestinian resistance fighters and the Israeli army forces in the vicinity of the assassination.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said, quoting the Israeli army claiming that the three young men were on their way to carry out an attack.

Palestinian sources said that the Israeli army withdrew from the place and that the special forces seized the bodies of the three martyrs.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon