The al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the al-Funduq shooting operation near Qalqilya, which resulted in the killing of three Israeli settlers and the wounding of several others on Monday.

The military wing of the Hamas movement said late Wednesday that the operation was carried out in coordination with the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, and the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.

Al-Qassam stressed that joint operations would serve as the most powerful message of unity and cohesion among the various Resistance factions against anyone attempting to undermine the Resistance.

The brigades announced that one of its commanders, martyr Jaafar Ahmad Dababsah, was the mastermind behind the operation, through which the Resistance delivered a message of field unity.

Following the operation on Monday, Hamas said in a statement that the shooting attack "confirms that the Resistance in the West Bank will continue despite the occupation's terrorism and security measures."

The Palestinian group called the attack a "heroic response to the ongoing crimes and war of extermination committed by the [Israeli] occupation against our people."

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