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Israeli artillery shelling east of Gaza CityIntense gunfire from Israeli vehicles on the Qatari Hamad Camp east of Hamad City, north of Khan Younis, southern Gaza StripIslamic Resistance Movement Hamas: The wide-scale attacks carried out by armed settlers in the villages of the occupied West Bank Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas: ▪The wide-scale attacks carried out by armed settlers in the villages of the occupied West Bank, under the protection and direct participation of the occupation army, along with the intimidation of citizens and assaults on farmers and olive pickers from among our Palestinian people, the vandalism of their property, and the systematic burning of olive trees, most recently today in the village of Abu Falah near Ramallah; constitute a grave escalation in a policy targeting the Palestinian presence on its land, amounting to ethnic cleansing, and being carried out before the hearing and sight of the world. ▪These assaults are not individual or rogue acts, but organized crimes sponsored by the occupation government and its army, in which settlers are used as the spearhead to carry out its schemes aimed at imposing annexation and displacement, seizing land, fragmenting Palestinian cities and villages, and destroying the means of life, in order to tighten control over the West Bank and empty it of its inhabitants, uproot our people from their land, and break their steadfastness and resilience. ▪The scenes of olive trees being set on fire before the eyes of their owners, and the assault on farmers as they try to harvest the fruits of their land and their source of livelihood, reveal the ugliness of this organized terrorism, and confirm that our people's attachment to their land and their steadfastness in the face of displacement and settlement schemes constitute the main obstacle to the occupation's colonial projects. ▪We call on the international community, the United Nations, and its institutions to assume their responsibilities, and to move immediately to stop these crimes, impose comprehensive and deterrent sanctions on the occupation and its settlers, and activate international accountability mechanisms, especially in light of their leaders' statements and their public calls to commit war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.