A declaration issued on Tuesday by Saudi Arabia and France, backed by Egypt, Qatar and the Arab League, called for Hamas to disarm and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority Hamas said Palestinian resistance will not stop until "the occupation" ends and an independent,

The world’s Arab countries for the first time have joined unanimously in the call for Hamas to lay down its weapons, release all hostages and end its rule of the Gaza Strip.

Several Arab and Muslim states joined other world powers in signing a declaration calling for Hamas to relinquish power in the Gaza strip.