GAZA: A Hamas delegation on Friday afternoon left the Gaza Strip to Cairo through Rafah border crossing for talks with rival Fatah party negotiators on Saturday.
Hamas leader Mohamed Nasser said in a press statement that Hamas delegation headed on Friday to Cairo, led by senior leader Khaliel Al-Hiya to hold talks with Fatah leaders on Saturday to evaluate the previous rounds of dialogue between the two sides.
He said the leaders would also discuss issues related to political arrests in the West Bank and prepare for the upcoming round of dialogue due on July 25.
Meanwhile, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said during a Friday prayers’ speech in a central Gaza Strip mosque that his movement had uncovered a military plan aimed at killing Hamas leaders in Gaza and blowing up the inter-dialogue. “We reject the return of the (pro-Fatah) preventive security forces to act in the Gaza Strip under any agreements or circumstances,” said Zahar.
However, Zahar said his movement will continue ruling the Gaza Strip “until the reconciliation agreement is reached to end the current political rift.”
