Senior figures from Hamas and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels held a rare meeting to discuss coordinating their actions against Israel, AFP reports.

Citing unnamed sources from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the news agency said leaders from the two Palestinian groups, as well as the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, held an “important meeting” with representatives from the Houthis last week.

The groups discussed “mechanisms to coordinate their actions of resistance” for the “next stage” of the conflict in Gaza, the sources were quoted as saying. They did not say where the meeting took place.

The groups also talked about the possible Israeli ground assault into Rafah, the sources, who requested anonymity, told AFP.