First comment from Hamas on the possibility of the movement’s leaders moving to Sudan as part of a deal with Israel

The leader of the Palestinian Hamas Movement, Izzat al-Rishq, described what was published by an Israeli newspaper about the movement’s leaders being deported to Sudan as “ridiculous talk.”

Al-Rishq said in a statement that “Hamas” is present in Palestine, fighting the enemy that occupies Palestine, stressing that “removing “Hamas” or its leaders from Gaza is an Israeli dream and illusion that will not come true.”

He added that “logic dictates that the criminal occupier leaves and the people of the land and its original inhabitants remain.”

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry responded yesterday, Tuesday, to what was raised by some Israeli media outlets, that Tel Aviv may allow the head of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Yahya Sinwar, and the movement’s surviving leaders to leave the Gaza Strip to Khartoum, as part of a prisoner exchange deal.

According to the newspaper “Al-Sudani”, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which it said that “the Sudanese government has nothing to do, near or far, with what was reported by the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz”, regarding Tel Aviv’s intention to deport the leaders of the Hamas movement to Sudan.”

The Ministry considered, in its statement, that “dragging Sudan’s name into this matter is nothing more than an attempt to offend it and divert attention from the external aggression it is being subjected to, supported by well-known regional circles.”

The Haaretz newspaper revealed last Sunday that “officials in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government are studying the possibility of reaching a deal that would lead to the release of the hostages, including allowing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to leave the Gaza Strip for Sudan.”

The newspaper reported that “Israeli officials are studying the possibility of Sinwar and other senior Hamas officials who are still in Gaza agreeing to leave for Sudan, as part of a move that would make it possible to end Hamas’ rule in Gaza and free the hostages.”

According to the Israeli newspaper, the deal may also include “lifting the freeze on Hamas assets, which Sudan froze about 3 years ago, after the United States canceled its designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency