now, robyn, israeli officials have long been concerned over hamas gaining a foothold in the west bank. they already control the gaza strip. they have been very concerned about their activities in the west bank, a hamas spokesperson says the operation was a result of forces in ramali and issued a warning saying that the option of resisting it by all means is best meant to confuse the operation and force it to stop its crimes. they called on them to end the security coordination with israeli officials. but mahmoud abbas said the operations were a crime and that they were the late nest st in i violations. he said the continuance of this would lead to an explosion of the situation. things have remained very tense since the end of that 11-day