Hamas rejects Trump's description of the group as a terror group
US president said the Muslim countries must take the lead in combating radicalisation
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum (C) is carried by Palestinians as they celebrate what they said was a victory over Israel following a ceasefire in Gaza City August 26, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS
Anti-terror fight 'not a battle between different faiths': Trump
Trump addressed the leaders of 55 Muslim countries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and said they must take the lead in combating radicalisation.
"The statement describing Hamas as a terror group is rejected and is a distortion of our image and shows a complete bias to the Zionist occupation (Israel)," Hamas spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement.
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