DOHA, (PIC)
The Palestinian factions and forces held a meeting in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Saturday, to discuss the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and prisoners exchange with Israeli occupation through Qatari-Egyptian mediation.
The meeting was attended by a senior delegation from the Hamas Movement led by Mohammed Darwish, the head of the Movement’s leadership council, and delegations from the Islamic Jihad Movement headed by Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhalah, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, headed by Deputy Secretary-General Jamil Mazhar, the Democratic Front delegation, headed by Deputy Secretary-General Majida al-Masry, the National Initiative delegation headed by Secretary-General Mustafa Barghouti, the Popular Front-General Command delegation headed by its Political Bureau member Ramez Mustafa, the Palestinian People’s Party delegation headed by Shamekh Abu Sakhr, and Qadura Fares, the head of the Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs Commission.
Addressing the Fatah Movement and the rest of the factions, Mohammed Darwish announced, during the meeting, that Hamas is open to national unity at any given place or time, explaining that the minimum requirement for achieving unity is cooperation to manage the Gaza Strip, and to “treat the wounds of our people, rebuild Gaza, and provide relief to the people.”
For his part, Khalil Al-Hayya, the head of the Hamas delegation for the ceasefire negotiations, reviewed the details of the agreement with the occupation, the implementation mechanisms, and the course of the negotiation process during the past period.
Meanwhile, the heads of the participating delegations stressed the need to protect the ceasefire agreement and perceive it as a national achievement, attributed to the steadfastness and sacrifices of the great Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
The attendees praised the role and efforts of the Hamas Movement in leading the battle in the field as well as the ceasefire negotiations, stressing the importance of preserving Palestinian national unity and forming a Palestinian national consensus government in accordance with the recent Beijing Agreement.
The participants also stressed the need to expedite relief, shelter, and reconstruction operations, and saluted all the arms of the military resistance and the resistance fronts supporting the Palestinian people, especially in Lebanon, Yemen, Iran and Iraq, and the free people in the Arab and Islamic nation and the world.
The factions also extended special thanks to the Qatari and Egyptian mediators who exerted tremendous efforts to conclude this honorable agreement, affirming the right of our people to continue resisting the occupation until achieving their goals of liberation, return and independence.