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We have legitimate right to weapons, says Hamas chief
DOHA: Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya said on Sunday that the group had a “legitimate right” to hold weapons and that any proposal for the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire must uphold that right. “Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian state,” Hayya said in a televised address on Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV. “We are open to studying any proposals that preserve …
The Palestinian movement Hamas demanded today the right to keep its weapons as a precondition for negotiations with Israel on the continuation of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Tensions continue for Gaza. Hamas has the "legitimate right" to be armed and any proposal for the implementation of the next phases of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will have to respect it," said Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya for the Palestinian territory this Sunday. "Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian State," said Khalil al-Hayya on the Al-Aqsa…
The second phase of the truce agreement, which must begin as soon as the last hostage body is returned to the Hebrew state, provides for the disarmament of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
Hamas activists are on guard while Red Cross vehicles are transporting the hostage bodies handed over to Israel under the ceasefire agreement on October 15, 2025. DAWOUD ABU ALKAS / REUTERS Khalil Al-Hayya, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, demanded on Sunday, December 14, that the preservation of the weapons of the Palestinian Islamist movement be a precondition for negotiations under the second phase of the ceasefire agreement with Israel…
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