Following reports that senior Hamas officials were expelled from Qatar and are now in Turkey, a senior figure in the terrorist organization claimed that this is false reporting, and that the organization's leaders are "on missions outside the country."
In a conversation with the Saudi newspaper "Asharq," the senior official said that "the members of the negotiation delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya have not returned to Qatar and are on a mission outside the country. The leadership members are making organized visits to Turkey and other countries. Recently, the movement received an invitation from Ankara to discuss proposals and ideas related to ending the war and exchanging prisoners."
Following the assassination of the organization's former leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed on Iranian soil, the senior official stated that "no entity has asked Hamas to leave Qatar, and the organization has kept the movements of its leaders secret to avoid embarrassment for the host countries."