Palestinian media report that a delegation of senior Hamas leaders led by Musa Abu Marzuk left for Moscow tonight, where they will meet with senior Russian Foreign Ministry officials and discuss the situation in Jerusalem, developments in the Palestinian arena and bilateral relations between Russia and the movement.

The Palestinian media highlight the fact that the visit comes against the background of tensions in Israeli-Russian relations around the war in Ukraine.

The delegation also includes  senior Hamas figures Hassam Badran and well-known extremist Fatahi Hamad [See video from May 2021]. Hamad, the "destroyer of Hamas," has left the Gaza Strip in recent months and spends most of his time in Turkey.