Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas movement, charged that remnants of the former Egyptian regime were behind the media campaign against the movement that only serves foreign parties in an attempt to distort the Palestinian resistance.
The continued smear media campaign against Hamas is sheer fabrication and outright lies, the last of which was the alleged involvement of the movement in the kidnapping of seven Egyptian soldiers, said Abu Zuhri.
The Egyptian elites and intellectuals have started addressing this unjustified campaign, he added, noting that the Egyptian Interior Ministry spokesman has denied statements attributed to the Interior Minister that Hamas was involved in the kidnapping.
It doesn’t take much to refute such fabrications that aim to destroy the relationship between Egyptian and Palestinian people, he said.
He affirmed that Palestinian-Egyptian relations could not be affected by such lies especially that the two peoples share the same history and future.
The Egyptian media had continued the offensive campaign against Hamas movement and Gaza Strip for months, where it has recently accused the movement of being involved in the kidnapping of the seven Egyptian soldiers.
Hamas and Gaza government have congratulated the Egyptian leadership and army for the liberation the seven soldiers who were kidnapped in Sinai a week ago by an armed group to exchange them for relatives held in Egyptian jails.
