Hamas condemned the IDF's announcement about the expansion of the Avni Hefetz settlement near Tulkarm.
The leader of Hamas, Mahmoud Mardawi, called the announced structural project, which will expand the settlement on lands southeast of Tulkarm, a dangerous escalation aimed at imposing a new reality and displacing Palestinians from their land. According to him, the settlement plans will not give Israel legitimacy in the West Bank and will fail. He accused the Israeli government of blatantly patronizing the expansion of settlements there.