The Palestinian movement Hamas denied Saturday accusations by former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that it had sent some 800 gunmen to Egypt to stoke unrest during the 2011 uprising that saw his resignation.
Mubarak had appeared in court on Wednesday to testify in the 2011 storming of the eastern borders and jailbreak. Former President Mohammed Morsi and others are accused of orchestrating the prison breaks and breaches of the border.
Mubarak testified that Hamas had sent hundreds of gunmen into Egypt through tunnels dug under the border with Gaza in order support the Muslim Brotherhood during the revolt. Morsi is a member of the Brotherhood, which Cairo has blacklisted as terrorist.
Hamas on Saturday strongly rejected Mubarak’s allegations, condemning the “insistence” on dragging it in Egypt’s internal affairs.
Morsi is currently serving sentences totaling 45 years after being convicted in separate cases of spying for Qatar and on charges arising from the killing of protesters in 2012.
