Hamas, on its official Telegram channel, has said that it is happy with the organisation’s rejection of the call for the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

Hamas also welcomed the support expressed for the reconstruction plan for the Strip in the gathering of the organisation’s foreign ministers in the Saudi city.

The group renewed its “call on Arab and Islamic countries to take practical and effective steps to support” the Palestinians as Israel “tightens its control on their land” and to “take urgent action” to bring aid into the enclave.

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