Fazl meets Hamas leadership in Qatar

Islamabad: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reached Qatar to meet the Hamas leadership on Sunday.

According to the JUI-F spokesperson, the JUI-F chief held a meeting with Qatar-based Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and former chief of the resistance group Khaled Mashal in Qatar.

During the event, Ismail Hania, the chairman of Hamas, called on Muslims worldwide to stand together against Israeli atrocities.

Hamas leader Khalid Meshaal stated, "Maulana Fazlur Rehman is acting as the ambassador of Palestine in Pakistan.""

It is expected that Fazl would also contact the leaders of the Arab world while on the trip to see if there is any way to help Gaza who are being brutalized by Israeli forces.

Meanwhile, top US diplomat Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

Blinken arrived in Ramallah under tight security one day after meeting in Jordan with Arab foreign ministers angered by mounting civilian deaths in Gaza, where the health ministry said dozens were killed in a strike on a refugee camp.