A Hebrew-language news outlet reports that Hamas in Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar says the so-called March of Return protests will continue until the Gaza border is gone, rejecting any peace with Israel.
According to Hebrew news site Ynet, Sinwar made the statements while visiting one of the tent cities set up near the Gaza border where thousands are camped out as part of the protest Sunday.
However, there are no other reports of Sinwar visiting the tent city or making the statements.
Islamist Hamas terror movement leader Yahya Sinwar (C) shouts slogans as he takes part in a protest near the border with Israel east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip on March 30, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Mohammed ABED)
“We came to say that Hamas will not sit in palaces or tunnels. We came to say that we are with you; today begins the march of return and it won’t stop until the border is opened,” he said, according to the report.
“We are here to remind you that there will be no peace with the enemy and any attempt or plan will not convince us to make peace,” he is said to have added, in apparent reference to the US’s nascent plan for Mideast peace.
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