Hamas urges upcoming Arab-Islamic summit to stop Israeli attacks

15/9/2025 7:08

Hamas on Sunday called on the Arab-Islamic summit scheduled to be held in Doha on Monday to take immediate steps to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza, lift the blockade, and safeguard the sovereignty and collective security of Arab and Islamic countries.



Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, said in a press statement that the summit should be "a decisive turning point for an Arab decision to halt the aggression against Gaza, end the siege immediately, and protect the sovereignty and national security of Arab countries."



He added that the Doha meeting should represent "a historic consensus in which the Arab and Islamic nations mobilize all tools of power to stop the war in Gaza and Israeli actions in the West Bank, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, and Qatar."



Al-Risheq accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of "expanding the conflict to the region in an attempt to redraw the Middle East map and dominate it, driven by extremist visions of Greater Israel."