Senior Hamas envoy says the terror group will not consider disarming until a Palestinian state is established with a military capable of fighting Israel
Hamas has ruled out disarming in the foreseeable future, a senior member of the terror group said Tuesday, adding that disarmament can only come after the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian state with a military capable of confronting Israel.
Speaking with the Yemeni television channel al-Masirah, Hamas spokesman and former envoy to Lebanon and Iran Osama Hamdan said the organization will never agree to surrender its weapons to any foreign entity.
Disarmament, he said, could only come in the context of a broad national rapprochement between Palestinian factions after a fully sovereign Palestinian state is established and a Palestinian army formed.