Palestinian Hamas movement Saturday said it rejected the idea of bringing Palestinians stranded in Egypt into the Gaza Strip through an Israeli-run crossing point.
Instead, Hamas demanded the 6.000 Palestinian travelers pass through the Rafah terminal on the Gaza-Egypt border. "We are stick to the Rafah crossing point, the solo way out and into the Gaza Strip," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said.
Abu Zuhri made his remarks in response to reports that the Palestinian government, led by Prime Minister-designate Salam Fayyad, planned to bring those stranded through passageways on the Gaza-Israel border.
"Fayyad's government plays an immoral role by selecting alternative crossings such as Kerem Shalom or al-Ouja, that exposes our people to the Israeli danger," Abu Zuhri added.
The Rafah terminal has been closed since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip last month and kicked out pro-Fatah forces that used to be deployed on the Palestinian side of all crossing points in the territory.
Hamas accuses Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who sacked the Hamas-led coalition government on June 14 following Hamas' takeover, of supporting the closure of the Gaza Strip to isolate Hamas.
The Rafah border terminal on the borders between the Strip and Egypt, the only gateway to the outside world bypassing Israel, was closed on June 9, leaving about 6,000 Gazans stranded on the Egyptian side of it since then.
Source: Xinhua
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