Doha: Palestine's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the escalation of Israeli colonist terrorism and attacks against the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, as well as Israeli inhumane practices against Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip.

According to Qatar News Agency, the ministry stated that the crimes were part of systematic policies aimed at displacing Palestinians and uprooting them from their land while imposing a reality that serves plans to annex the West Bank. It highlighted the attacks by Israeli colonists in Qusra, which included the siege of Palestinian families inside their homes for five days, shooting at the homes, damaging electricity and water networks, and an attempt to burn children, as systematic acts of terrorism.

The ministry accused Israeli occupation authorities of using colonists as a tool to carry out their criminal policies, under protection provided by Israeli institutions, reinforcing a system of impunity. It emphasized that Israel's policies and practices in Gaza are designed to create an environment that is hostile and unfit for life to push Palestinians toward forced displacement and deny them their right to return to their homeland.

The statement underscored Palestinians' determination to return despite the destruction, humanitarian catastrophe, and degrading treatment, demonstrating their attachment to their land and rejection of attempts to uproot them. The ministry urged the international community to take immediate and effective measures to halt colonist terrorism, hold perpetrators accountable, and impose sanctions on them and on entities providing them with protection and support. It also called for Israel, as the occupying power, to respect the ceasefire agreement and fulfill its obligations.