UN Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is not a terrorist organization.

Griffiths added in a television interview broadcast yesterday, Friday, that the United Nations classifies Hamas as a political movement.

The UN official expressed his belief that it is very difficult for Israel to get rid of the armed groups without reaching a negotiated solution that guarantees their aspirations.

In the same interview, Griffiths also expressed his concern about the possibility of Israel launching an attack on the city of Rafah, which includes hundreds of thousands of displaced people from other places in the Gaza Strip.

It is noteworthy that after the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, Western countries took measures against the Hamas movement, including classifying it as a “terrorist organization” and targeting anyone who sympathizes with it.

Other countries, such as Russia, adopt a different position on Hamas, as they deal with it as a political movement that represents part of the Palestinian people.

Source: Al Jazeera