Islamic
Hamas movement rejected on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's proposal to send international forces to the Gaza Strip,
the coastal enclave that Hamas has been ruling since 2007.
Abdulatif
al-Qanou, Hamas spokesman in Gaza said in an emailed press statement
that sending international forces to the Gaza Strip "is a
dangerous matter and it is totally rejected."
Earlier
Sunday, the Israeli media reported that Netanyahu made the proposal
in a meeting he held with the Australian Foreign Minister, Julie
Bishop in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu
suggested that the Israeli Army must take control of the West Bank,
and, to examine security alternatives in Gaza, having international
forces monitor the territory "and deal with the terrorism
issues."
Hamas
warned that any foreign power or international forces sent to the
Gaza Strip "will be treated as an occupation force,"
adding that "Hamas would never accept another new
occupation."
The
movement seized control of the coastal enclave in 2007 following
weeks of internal fighting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
security forces and his Fatah Party. Division between the two rivals
are not over yet.
Al-Qanou
said that the idea of sending international forces to the Gaza Strip
"is a severe interference into the internal affairs of the
enclave," adding "we will forcibly confront it with
all out powers whatever the price is."
He
stressed that the Palestinian "armed resistance will protect
Gaza, which is the cornerstone of resistance and the gate that will
lead us to the liberation of the entire occupied Palestinian
territories from the Israeli occupation."
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