Al-Qassam Website - Deputy Hamas chief Saleh Al-Aruri said that the Huwara rampage was a result of the Israeli occupation government's incitement against Palestinians.

Al-Aruri emphasised that senior Israeli officials have given the settlers the green light to commit this crime against Palestinians.

The senior Hamas official explained that such positions are part of the Israeli occupation's agenda. "It is a message to the international community and those who support the Israeli occupation about the criminal mentality of Israeli leaders,"

Calling for boycotting the occupation state at all levels, the Hamas' deputy chief hailed the positions of the Arab and Islamic countries that condemned the Israeli settler militias' pogrom.

Answering a question about the possibility of escalation in the holy month of Ramadan, Al-Aruri said, "there are no plans to escalate the situation in Ramadan. It only depends on the Israeli occupation's violations across Palestine and at the Al-Aqsa Mosque."

The Israeli occupation tries to provoke the Palestinians in Ramadan, impose temporal and spatial division, and permit settlers to perform Talmudic rituals, the deputy Hamas chief added. “This may prompt an action on the part of Palestinians.”