Hamas delegation in Egypt warned about protests

PanARMENIAN.Net - Hamas's chief in exile Khaled Mashaal and leader of Hamas in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh as well as a delegation of 24 Hamas officials, who were in Cairo on Monday, June 17, had been warned by Egyptian security forces about protests planned against them, The Jerusalem Post reported citing Palestinian News Agency Ma'an.

According to Ma'an, protesters asked Egyptian security to "send Hamas leaders out of Egypt" for the Islamist movement's "intervention in internal Egyptian affairs." The report cited former Egyptian Interior Minister Muhamad Wagdy who recently said that Hamas took part in prison riots during Egypt's revolution, remarks that led to widespread criticism against the movement.

Egyptian security asked the Hamas delegation members to change the hotel they were staying at, after the information about protests was received, Ma'an said. The sources told Ma'an that the change of the hotel was necessary because Egyptian security did not "have the situation under control."