Hamas says holding municipal elections in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah is an ‘important step’

Holding municipal elections in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip is an “important step,” a Hamas spokesman told Anadolu on Saturday. Hazem Qassem’s remarks came as voting for local elections in the occupied West Bank and Deir al-Balah began earlier in the day. “Holding elections in the city of Deir al-Balah is an important step, and we hope that appropriate conditions will be provided to hold them in all governorates and municipalities of the Gaza Strip,” Qassem said. “We also hope that conditions will be created to hold comprehensive elections,” he said, calling for “reorganizing the Palestinian house and holding legislative and presidential elections.” Saturday’s voting marks the first time in 22 years that municipal elections […]