Abu Zuhri refutes Egyptian claims of involvement in Sinai events

Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, has denied that elements of his movement were involved in the Sinai events.

The spokesman said in a press release on Sunday that the allegation voiced by the Egyptian interior minister was completely untrue and baseless.

He charged that the claim was meant to mix things up and to justify tightening siege on Gaza Strip as evident in blasting tunnels and closing Rafah crossing, which is causing a humanitarian tragedy.

Abu Zuhri also denied that the new leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood group Mahmoud Ezzet was in Gaza.