(Sound) Senior Hamas official Ahmad Bahar told a news conference in Gaza that Mr.Abbas's rule is illegitimate and he has no authority to declare elections.

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But as one Hamas official put it: Mr.Abbas has dealt a "lethal blow to reconciliation."

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Mr. Ambassador, first we hear this implicit recognition of Israel and then a Hamas official denying that that's what this agreement means.

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In 2010 it rebuked Israel after faked Australian passports were used in the assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai that year.

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Mr Haniya's visit to Cairo was the second by a senior Hamas official since Mr Mursi took office at the end of June.

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