Posted on 12/18/22
| News Source: JPost
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leaders have called for stepping up attacks against Israel, especially in the West Bank.
The call was made during a meeting in the Lebanese capital of Beirut between Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Politburo, and PIJ Ziyad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhaleh.
The meeting, which took place on Saturday night, was attended by several representatives of the two Iranian-backed Islamist groups.
The meeting comes amid mounting violence in the West Bank and a Palestinian Authority security crackdown on members of the two groups.
It also comes ahead of the formation of a new Israeli governing coalition headed by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu.