The talks, aimed to support efforts to reconcile Palestinian rival groups Fatah and Hamas, will be the first time a Hamas delegation is publicly known to have gone to China since the start of the war in Gaza
Fatah blamed Hamas for 'embarking on an adventure which brought on a bigger disaster than the Nakba' after several Palestinian organizations criticized Abbas' plan to establish a technocratic Palestinian government
According to Israel, the two Hamas and Fatah members who were killed were responsible for dozens of shooting attacks and planned to carry out more in Israeli territory