Senior Hamas leader Mahmud Zahar told reporters in the Gaza Strip that Lebanese and Syrian branches of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, should launch attacks on Israel "to help us liberate Palestine".
He also denied "any interference" by Hamas in Egypt, which last month declared the Brigades a terrorist group and accused it of aiding a surge of militant attacks on security personnel in the restive Sinai Peninsula. "Our guns are always trained on the enemy," Zahar said, referring to
Israel.