CAIRO, October 23. /TASS/. Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian movement Hamas, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have discussed the situation around the Gaza Strip, according to a statement on Hamas’ Telegram channel.

According to it, the sides discussed Israel’s actions against the Gaza Strip and ways to stop the armed conflict.

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 when militants from the Gaza-based Palestinian radical group Hamas staged a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. In response, Israel has declared a state of war readiness; announced a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians; and began delivering air strikes on the enclave and certain parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are underway in the West Bank as well.