Israel’s policies will set entire region on fire, Hamas official warns

A senior official with the Hamas resistance movement says the policies pursued by Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet in the occupied Palestinian territories will set the entire region ablaze.

Speaking to the Gaza-based Al-Aqsa TV, Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, warned of a regional conflagration as a result of Israel’s illegal settlement construction activities and expulsion of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank.

“The fascist Zionist regime is trying to target al-Quds and the West Bank, and today we are witnessing the intensification of its settlement activities in these areas,” he said.

“The strategy of the current extremist regime will set the entire region on fire. The ruling Zionist regime has plans to evict Palestinians from the West Bank.”

Arouri said the Palestinian nation is paying the price for Netanyahu’s extremist and radical efforts to maintain his ruling coalition.

Referring to the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip on May 9-13, the Hamas official said Netanyahu committed the crime against Gaza and assassinated resistance commanders along with their families in a bid to improve his image in the Zionist society.

“The existence of the Zionist regime poses a danger to the entire region,” he noted, adding that Tel Aviv “seeks to explode the situation in the region through its criminal plans and policies.”

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