Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, said in a televised speech on Saturday that Palestinians will not leave Gaza or the West Bank and migrate to Egypt.
He also said that Israel cannot provide any protection for Arab countries and that armed Palestinian factions intend to expand the ongoing battle in Gaza to the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Haniyeh’s speech came amid rising tensions between Israel and Hamas, which have exchanged rocket fire and airstrikes.