The Hamas terror organization praised the killing Tuesday of IDF Staff Sergeant Amit Ben Yigal in the village of Yabed near Genin.
"The incident proves our the ability of our people in the West Bank to continue their struggle against the occupation until the Israeli military and the settlements are pushed out," Hamas said.
In the statement released by Hamas, the organization claimed the Palestinians are fighting Israel's intentions of the annexation of parts of the West Bank and they alone will determine the fate of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict adding the Palestinians will prevail despite the United States' assistance to Israel.