Haneyya: We want to maintain good relations with Egypt

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya, stressed that his government wants to maintain good relations with the Egyptian authorities and to continue cooperation to protect the common security. Haneyya said during a tour in Rafah on Wednesday that his government did not and will not interfere in the affairs of Egypt, and called on the Egyptian media to stop incitement against Hamas. He reiterated his movement's rejection of the resettlement of Palestinians in the Sinai Peninsula, and denied the existence of a deal to sell the Sinai to Hamas. Regarding allegations by some Egyptian media about attempts to bomb an Egyptian site, Haneyya said that all the Palestinian factions have strongly denied any involvement in this matter. Gaza Premier called for opening the Rafah border crossing before the people and goods, in order to put an end to the suffering of the residents of the Strip. For his part, Maher Abu Sabha, director of the department of the crossings and borders in the Ministry of Interior, told PIC that the Egyptian authorities on Wednesday morning allowed three buses to cross the Rafah crossing. The Egyptian authorities have been closing the Rafah crossing for the past six days as a result of the ongoing events in the Egyptian side and the security campaign in the Sinai.