Hamas announces 'national unity' deal, signs declaration with Fatah
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Beijing: Hamas announced Tuesday it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including Fatah to work together for nati...
Beijing: Hamas announced Tuesday it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including Fatah to work together for "national unity", with China describing it as a deal to rule Gaza together once the war ends.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who hosted senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzuk, Fatah envoy Mahmud al-Aloul and emissaries from 12 other Palestinian groups, said they had agreed to set up an "interim national reconciliation government" to govern post-war Gaza.
"Today we sign an agreement for national unity and we say that the path to completing this journey is national unity. We are committed to national unity and we call for it," Abu Marzuk said after meeting Wang and the other envoys.
The announcement comes more than nine months into a war in Gaza that killed over 39,000 people, also mostly civilians.
