Palestinian movement Hamas says that a visit by its delegation to Iran was a “rejection” of the Israeli conditions on reconciliation with rival faction Fatah.
The two largest Palestinian groups have agreed a deal that is supposed to see the Hamas terrorist group hand over control of the Gaza Strip to the Fatah-dominated West Bank-based Palestinian Authority.
Israel has said it will reject any deal in which Hamas does not disarm and cut its ties with Iran, the Jewish state’s longtime foe.
But a delegation of senior Hamas leaders arrived in Iran on Friday for meetings with government officials.
In a statement Hamas’s deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri, who led the delegation, says “the visit to Tehran is a rejection of the Zionist entity’s conditions to cut ties with (Iran).”
The statement reiterated that Hamas would not be forced to give up its armed wing.
— AFP
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