Head of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail met on Thursday evening with Ziad al-Nakhala, secretary general of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. 

During the meeting, which was also attended by high-ranking delegations from both movements, Haniyeh and al-Nakhala talked about the field and political developments related to the Palestinian cause, in addition to the situation in Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. 

Both leaders also addressed the regional political changes and the Israeli occupation's efforts to penetrate deep into the region through normalisation and their negative repercussions on the Palestinian cause and the region.  

They reaffirmed the necessity of comprehensive resistance as a strategic option to confront the Israeli occupation. 

The senior Palestinian officials also discussed the situation of the Palestinian people at home and abroad and in refugee camps and how they are given a decent life wherever they are. 

The meeting highlighted the efforts being exerted to restructure the Palestinian house and accomplish national unity on the basis of resisting the Israeli occupation and achieving Palestinian aspirations.