Hamas leader: Occupation leaders lie and their threats are empty. Hossam Badran, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said that the statements made by officials in the Israeli occupation government “are nothing but empty and worthless threats” Badran: The occupation is experiencing a clear contradiction between its threats to Hamas and its negotiations with it.

He added, "We need to start building something new, a civilian government that cannot be Hamas, and it should not be Israel"