HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD HOLD JOINT MEETING IN GAZA

Photo: Ma'an News Agency
Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements held a meeting in Gaza.(Photo: Ma’an News Agency)

Gaza, 15 Rabiul Awwal 1436/6 January 2015 (MINA) – The Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements held a meeting in Gaza on Monday (5/1) to discuss the latest political developments and the difficulties Palestinians are facing in the Strip, a factional spokesman told Ma’an.

Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shihab told Ma’an that the meeting, held in the office of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, was a part of a joint cooperation to face Gaza’s challenges, Ma’an News Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Members of both factions discussed crises that Gazans faced as a result of the Israeli-Egyptian siege on the territory, as well as ways to support the Palestinian unity government’s work and services, Shihab said.

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They also discussed the Palestinian political situation and the effects of regional and international developments on the Palestinian people. (T/P010/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)