Top Hamas Officials Go to Saudi Arabia in Blow to Israeli Hopes
- This follows surprise Iran-Saudi rapprochement last month
- Iran is a major backer of Hamas, which is at war with Israel
Ismail Haniyeh
Photographer: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images
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A delegation of top officials from the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, is headed to Saudi Arabia after years of frosty relations, dealing another setback to Israel’s hope to normalize ties with the Gulf kingdom and isolate Hamas’s patron, Iran.