Hamas leader: No to Israeli disarmament demand
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The leader of Hamas has rejected Israel’s demand that the group be disarmed as a condition for ending the long-running blockade of the Gaza Strip and permitting the opening of an air and seaport there.
Ismail Haniyeh told a gathering on Friday near Gaza City that “we cannot accept or deal with any international decision to disarm the resistance” — a reference to Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups.
Israel has said it will press for Hamas’ disarmament in indirect talks in Cairo aimed at charting a way forward for Gaza in the wake of 50 days of fighting that killed more than 2,200 people — almost all Palestinian. The fighting ended Aug. 26.
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