Palestinians, regional nations condemn Israeli settlers' sacrilege of Qur'an

Palestinian factions as well as countries around the world have condemned the desecration of a mosque and the Holy Qur'an by fanatic illegal Zionist settlers during a Wednesday attack into a village in the occupied West Bank.

Newly-released CCTV footage shows a group of illegal settlers who were storming the Palestinian village of Urif south of Nablus entered a mosque and vandalized it, and also took a copy of the holy Qur'an and ripped pages before throwing the holy book into the street.

Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for Hamas resistance movement, said on Friday that what happened in the village of Urif is a heinous crime and a dangerous escalation of the religious war waged by the Zionists.

Qassem stressed that this barbaric behavior of the fanatic group, which was supported by the occupation military, was an insult to all the Palestinian people and an unprecedented disregard for their sanctities.

The spokesman called on Muslim nations and religious institutions to adopt a clear stance on the move, which he described as a "hateful racist" behavior.

The spokesman said the Israeli occupation and its settlers are fully responsible for the repercussions of the religious war they’re waging on Muslim holy sites, and that they will pay the price for this crime and aggression against Palestinians.

Separately, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad said in a Friday statement that the settlers’ attacks are incited by the Israeli regime, holding it responsible for their serious repercussions.

The group also pledged the Palestinian resistance's response to such crimes.

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