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The Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, received the head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Ismail Haniyeh, and the latter also visited the Ain al-Hilweh camp, as part of his tour of Lebanon during which met with senior Lebanese officials and Palestinian political leaders and factions.
A statement issued by Hezbollah clarified that Nasrallah and Haniyeh discussed the dangers facing the Palestinian issue, especially the US peace plan and official normalization projects for some Arab countries with Israel.
The statement noted that the stability of the resistance axis in the face of pressures and threats, and the strength of the relationship between Hezbollah and Hamas were emphasized, and the two sides discussed the development of cooperation and coordination mechanisms between them.
Haniyeh has visited Lebanon leading a Hamas delegation since September 1, and Haniyeh met with the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, last Wednesday and confirmed in a press conference held after the meeting his rejection. categorically to resettle Palestinian refugees off their lands, and Haniyeh also confirmed the expression of a Lebanese and Palestinian position. A joint rejection of all that he called projects aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.
And last week, the first Israeli plane landed publicly at Abu Dhabi airport, some 3 weeks after the establishment of official relations between the two countries, with a joint US-Israeli delegation on board, meeting with prominent Emirati officials.
A source from the Hamas movement said the agenda for Haniyeh’s visit includes holding high-level meetings with Lebanese officials and leaders, and the source also stated that Haniyeh will hold separate meetings with President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib. and the head of the Future Movement, Saad al-Din Hariri.
Also on the Hamas leader’s agenda is a meeting with the Chairman of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, the Director General of General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, and the Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Abd al-Latif Derian, and the visit of the Secretary General of the Islamic Group Azzam al-Ayoubi.
Haniyeh in Ain al-Hilweh
On Sunday, Haniyeh visited the Ain El-Helweh camp in southern Lebanon and arranged a popular and factional reception for Haniyeh at the western entrance to the camp, amid welcome signs.
Upon reaching the entrance, Haniyeh and the delegation accompanying him got out and climbed on their shoulders amid chants welcoming their visit to the camp, and Haniyeh met with representatives of the Palestinian factions and the popular masses in the hall. the Khaled bin Al-Walid mosque, and toured the camp’s neighborhoods. Haniyeh’s visit to Sidon is accompanied by security measures from the army. Lebanese.
According to the official Lebanese news agency, Haniyeh’s visit is the first and highest by a Palestinian official to the camp in many years.
There are 174,422 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon in 12 camps and 156 localities, according to the latest statistics from the Lebanese Central Administration for the year 2017.
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