Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Hamas calls Israeli election outcome irrelevant

10 April 2019, 3:11 pm Edit

A senior Hamas leader dismisses the outcome of Israel’s election as irrelevant, as near-final results show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc has won a clear majority in the Knesset vote.

“All parties are faces of one coin, the coin of occupation,” says Khalil al-Hayya.

He said there was “no difference” between the Israeli parties, and pledged that Gaza’s jihadist rulers — who are committed to Israel’s destruction — would continue seeking to “end the occupation and achieve our national goals.”

— AP