Monday 9 February 2026 - 09:42
Top Hamas leader rejects disarmament or ‘'foreign rule'’

A senior Hamas leader said Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement would not surrender its weapons nor accept foreign intervention in Gaza, pushing back against US and Israeli demands.

Hawzah News Agency- “Criminalising the resistance, its weapons, and those who carried it out is something we should not accept'', Khaled Meshal said at a conference in Doha.

“As long as there is occupation, there is resistance. Resistance is a right of peoples under occupation … something nations take pride in'', said Meshal, who previously headed the group.

On Sunday, Meshal urged the Board of Peace to adopt what he called a “balanced approach” that would allow for Gaza’s reconstruction and the flow of aid to its roughly 2.2 million residents, while warning that Hamas would “not accept foreign rule” over Palestinian territory.

“We adhere to our national principles and reject the logic of guardianship, external intervention, or the return of a mandate in any form'', Meshal said.

“Palestinians are to govern Palestinians. Gaza belongs to the people of Gaza and to Palestine. We will not accept foreign rule'', he added.

Source: FMT

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