The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas called for escalating resistance in all its forms to punish the Israeli occupation for its crimes against the Palestinians and to end the aggressive behavior of its army and settlers.

This came in a statement published by Hamas spokesman, Hazem Qassem, on his Twitter account, commenting on the crime of killing Osama Mansour and seriously injuring his wife at today dawn in the town of Bir Nabala, northwest of Jerusalem.

The Ministry of Health said that a citizen was killed by live bullets in the head after he arrived in a very critical condition at the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, while his wife was also wounded by live bullets in the back and described her condition as stable.

Eyewitnesses stated that the Israeli soldiers shot the martyr Mansour and his wife while they were inside their car.