The Palestinian Authority and Hamas are trading barbs, as the PA conducts an extensive anti-terror operation in Jenin, which has long been a haven for Hamas and its affiliated groups.

Hamas official Abdul Rahman Shadid blasted the PA in a media statement, claiming that the entity’s security forces were given “shoot-to-kill” orders and told to target Hamas terrorists.

Referencing an incident last week, which saw PA forces shoot three Hamas operatives in a vehicle, critically wounding one, Shadid said that the PA “issued instructions to liquidate and kill resistance fighters in the West Bank.”