Hamas asked Russia to encourage Mr. Abbas to negotiate

The Palestinian Hamas movement asked Russia to encourage the leader of the Palestinian Autonomous Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to negotiate the establishment of a nationalist government in Palestine. Deputy head of the Politburo of the Palestinian movement, Musa Abu Marzuk, told RIA Novosti.

The day before, deputy leader of the Politburo of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Musa Abu Marzuk, visited Moscow. At the same time, President of the Palestinian Autonomous Authority Mahmoud Abbas is in Kazan to attend the BRICS summit. Mr. Abbas is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit.

According to Marzouk, during negotiations in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Bogdanov, issues related to national unity of Palestinians and the establishment of a government to manage the Gaza Strip after the war were raised. .

He also noted that Hamas wants the Russian side to convey to Mr. Abbas the organization's desire to start negotiations on this issue.

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Let us recall that in October 2023, representatives of the Palestinian organization Hamas launched a powerful rocket attack on Israeli territory; They also entered several cities and took hostages. Israel has entered a state of war and launched a campaign in the Gaza Strip, resulting in widespread destruction and the deaths of thousands of civilians, including children.

On October 17, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that “after a year-long crackdown,” Yahya Sinwar, who took over as leader of Hamas on August 6, had been killed. His predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in a missile attack on July 31 in Tehran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Sinwar's death an important milestone marking the fall of power of the Palestinian movement in the Gaza Strip.