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 surprise declaration, endorsed on Tuesday by the 22 member nations of the Arab League, also condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, which set off the devastating war in Gaza. The statement came at a United Nations conference in New York on a two-state solution to end the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Saudi Arabia and France issued the "New York Declaration," which was backed by the Arab League, Qatar and Egypt.

Arab countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined calls Tuesday for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza, in a bid to end the devastating war in the Palestinian territory."In the context of ending the war in Gaza,

Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined 14 other countries in signing a landmark declaration at a U.N. conference.

A number of Arab nations called on Hamas to relinquish its arms and rule over the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in an unprecedented move at the United Nations (UN). The 22-member Arab League — which includes Egypt,