GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) A delegation from Hamas met a Russian top envoy on Friday to discuss the possibilities of reaching a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, whose population have been facing Israeli genocidal crimes for more than a year.
The Hamas Movement said on Friday that its delegation met Russia’s special envoy for the Middle East and North Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, in the Qatari capital, Doha, where the two sides discussed “ways to achieve a permanent ceasefire and mechanisms for addressing regional developments.”
The Hamas delegation briefed Bogdanov on Israel’s ongoing war crimes against the Palestinians and its targeting of shelter centers and hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
During the meeting with the Russian envoy, the delegation highlighted the efforts to form “a Palestinian community support committee” that is expected to administer the affairs of post-war Gaza.
Bogdanov reiterated Russia’s firm support for the Palestinian rights and stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Hamas said Thursday that it had accepted an Egyptian proposal to form a joint Palestinian committee to run Gaza after the war.
In a related context, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has described Israel’s war on Gaza as inflicting “collective punishment on Palestinians, which is against international humanitarian law.”
In press remarks on Friday, Lavrov said that Israel’s killing of more than 45,000 civilians in its war on Gaza is undoubtedly against the international law and constitutes a war crime.
