Hamas slammed Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas’ meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.

In a statement on Monday, Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif Al-Qanou described Abbas meeting with Gantz as a ‘stab in the back’ of the Palestinian people.

“The move is a treason to the blood of our martyrs,” Al-Qanou said, as quoted by Al-Aqsa TV.

Abbas met with Gantz in Ramallah on Sunday night, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett returned from Washington DC.

“This evening I met with PA [President] Mahmoud Abbas to discuss security-policy, civilian and economic issues,” Gantz tweeted after the late night meeting, the details of which were published just after midnight on Monday.

Source: Agencies