News - Middle East: The Aqabat Jabr refugee camp battalion of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, has declared the beginning of three days of rage over the Israeli regime’s tight siege on the occupied West Bank city of Jericho for the ninth consecutive days.

In a statement, the battalion said three days of rage started on Sunday in protest at the Israeli forces’ siege on Jericho, the Palestinian Information Center reported.

It also called on the Palestinian youths to battle the Israeli forces in the city.

According to local sources, the archaeological city of Jericho and its surroundings remain under a tight Israeli siege as the regime’s forces set up roadblocks and checkpoints nine days ago at the city’s entrances and search vehicles and check IDs of passengers, causing unsustainable delays and traffic jams.

Hamas on Saturday applauded the Palestinian youths who confronted the Israeli occupation forces during a raid in Jericho.

“We salute the resistance youths who responded heroically and valiantly to the Israeli raid and engaged in armed clashes with IOF soldiers,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said.

“The resistance action that has spread across the West Bank cities, villages and camps reflect that the Palestinian people’s growing revolution will continue until they achieve their aspirations for freedom and independence,” he added.