Hamas’ military wing said last week that it would not sign any agreement with Egypt that may include banning of arms flow into the Gaza Strip. "We cannot pledge to stop bringing weapons under any agreement we sign with Egypt, and we can not sign on anything that could negatively affect the process of resistance on Palestine land," said Abu Obaida, a spokesman for Ezz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas.
"The arms that reach the clean and honest hands go only to resist the Zionist occupation. It is not a smuggling; it is one of the requirements for the dignity and glory of this nation," he added in a statement sent to media.