Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian groups sign 'national unity' deal in China

Several Palestinian factions, including Hamas and rival Fatah, have signed the Beijing Declaration in China on Tuesday, essentially agreeing to end their divisions and strengthen Palestinian unity, according to Chinese state media.

The signing concludes three days of reconciliation dialogue between 14 Palestinian groups in the Chinese capital.

“Today we sign an agreement for national unity and we say that the path to completing this journey is national unity. We are committed to national unity and we call for it,” senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzouk said.

In Gaza, Israeli forces killed several Palestinians in separate attacks on the northern areas, while its latest attacks on Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least 70 people in what once was a humanitarian zone.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces raided the city of Tulkarem on Tuesday morning and hit it with a drone strike, killing three Palestinian armed groups' commanders along with a mother and daughter.

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