Gaza - Ma'an - Hamas denied issuing any statement attacking Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement. She said that the circulated statement is a fake statement that was not issued by the movement, and was not published on any of its official platforms. She added that she appreciated the clarification issued by Barghouti, and condemned the attempts to target and incite against him. She stressed that those "targeting Barghouti are the same suspicious parties that target the resistance." She appreciated "Dr. Barghouti's national stances and his confrontation of the Zionist narrative, especially during the ongoing Israeli aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip." Source: Maan News Agency