Hamas urged Arab leaders Tuesday to "thwart" the relocation of Palestinians from Gaza as they meet in Cairo to counter US President Donald Trump's widely condemned proposal.
"We look forward to an effective Arab role that ends the humanitarian tragedy created by the occupation in the Gaza Strip... and thwarts the (Israeli) occupation's plans to displace (Palestinians)," a statement by the militant group said.
Arab leaders gathered in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an alternative to Trump's proposal for a US takeover of the war-battered territory and the relocation of its inhabitants to Egypt and Jordan.
The meeting comes amid deadlock between Hamas and Israel over next steps in a fragile January 19 ceasefire in Gaza.
After the first phase of the truce ended over the weekend without agreement on how to continue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced a halt to "all entry of goods and supplies" into the territory.
Israel's "closure of the Gaza Strip crossings for the third consecutive day, and its prevention of the entry of aid and goods, represents a Zionist insistence on violating the ceasefire agreement, and a clear war crime", Hamas said in its statement.
