Sky News reported Hamas' willingness to hand over control of Gaza to the PLO

The Palestinian radical movement Hamas is ready to hand over control over the Gaza Strip to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). This was reported by Sky News television channel on February 17.

"Hamas expressed in a letter to the PLO its readiness to transfer the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority and the Government Committee for the management of Gaza," - stated in the material of the TV channel.

It is specified that in this decision Hamas representatives were helped by specialists from Egypt, who held a conversation with them.

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