Hamas chief in Gaza says Palestinian unity deal is collapsing

Hamas chief in Gaza said on Thursday a reconciliation deal with PA Head Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction was collapsing, just 10 weeks after the agreement was reached, according to Reuters.

The rivals signed a deal brokered by Cairo on Oct. 12 after Hamas agreed to hand over administrative control of the Gaza Strip, including its border crossings with Egypt and Israel.

Yehya Al-Sinwar, Hamas's chief in Gaza and a key architect of the unity agreement, offered a bleak outlook on Thursday, suggesting the deal could suffer a similar fate to numerous reconciliation attempts over the past decade.

"The reconciliation project is falling apart. Only a blind man can't see that," Sinwar said in comments published by pro-Hamas media.