Hamas denies Israeli charge Gaza treated ISIS wounded
Hamas on Monday denied Israeli accusations that wounded Islamic State group fighters from Egypt had been smuggled through tunnels to receive medical care in the Islamist-run Gaza Strip.
COGAT Yoav Mordechai had accused the jihadist group of smuggling wounded fighters from Sinai Province - the ISIS affiliate in northern Egypt - through tunnels into the Palestinian enclave for treatment.
The Hamas interior ministry immediately dismissed the allegations as "false".
Spokesman Iyad al-Bozom said the allegations were "aimed at inciting against the Gaza Strip and causing tension in the relationship between the Strip and the Arab Republic of Egypt (while) working to tighten the siege".
