DOHA, Dec 15: Hamas's Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said on Sunday that the militant group had a "legitimate right" to hold weapons and that any proposal for the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire must uphold that right.
"Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian state," said al-Hayya in a televised address on the militant group's Al-Aqsa TV.
"We are open to studying any proposals that preserve this right while guaranteeing the establishment of a Palestinian state."