Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri stated that Hamas rejects the Egyptian project of creating sea-water pools along the border area between Egypt and Gaza.

In a press statement on Sunday, Abu Zuhri said that flooding the border area with sea water is very dangerous, and threatens the groundwater and vast number of houses on the Palestinian side.

Abu Zuhri added that Hamas held official talks with Cairo and urged it to stop the project, hoping that Egypt responds to the Movement's demand.

Hamas also condemned the position of PA president Mahmoud Abbas, who admitted officially to proposing the idea of flooding the Gaza-Egypt borders, and the Movement said that it regards this as further evidence of Abbas’s role in suffocating and besieging Gaza.