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Hamas Senior Official Osama Hamdan Denies Group Had Presence in Destroyed Gaza Office Building
On 5/20/21 at 2:58 PM EDT
A senior official for Hamas, Osama Hamdan, denied Thursday that the group in Gaza had a presence in the 12-story Gaza office building that was destroyed by an Israeli air strike and which housed offices for the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, the Associated Press reported.
Israel s military issued a warning before obliterating the al-Jalaa Building, that was also a residential tower, on Saturday which provided for everyone inside to evacuate. Hamdan asserted that there was no Hamas military presence or armed group inside.
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a rally organized by Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 17, 2021. Hamdan says he expects a cease-fire between the group’s Gaza branch and Israel within 24 hours, on Thursday, May 20. He tells The Associated Press that Egypt and Qatar are mediating and that progress is being made.
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BEIRUT A senior Hamas official said in an interview Thursday that he expects a cease-fire between the group’s Gaza branch and Israel within a day, but warned that Hamas has “no shortage of missiles.”
AP Interview: Hamas official says no shortage of missiles
BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press
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1of3Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a rally organized by Lebanon s militant Hezbollah group to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 17, 2021. Hamdan says he expects a cease-fire between the group’s Gaza branch and Israel within 24 hours, on Thursday, May 20. He tells The Associated Press that Egypt and Qatar are mediating and that progress is being made.Hassan Ammar/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a rally organized by Lebanon s militant Hezbollah group to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 17, 2021. Hamdan said in an interview Thursday, May 20, that he expects a cease-fire between the group s Gaza branch and Israel within 24 hours, but warned that Hamas has
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Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a rally organized by Lebanon s militant Hezbollah group to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 17, 2021. Hamdan said in an interview Thursday, May 20, that he expects a cease-fire between the group s Gaza branch and Israel within 24 hours, but warned that Hamas has no shortage of missiles. Arabic reads, We will not leave Palestine . (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) May 20, 2021 - 1:49 PM
BEIRUT (AP) â As the Gaza fighting wound down and expectations of a truce rose, a senior Hamas official said in an interview Thursday that the Palestinian militant group has âno shortage of missilesâ and could continue bombarding Israel for months if it chose to do so.