Accused by Belarus as the Party for Threatening Bombs on the Ryanair Plane, Hamas was upset

REDUCE – Belarusused the threat of a bomb as an excuse to force Ryanair’s plane, from Greece to Lithuania, which was carrying an opposition figure to land at Minks. Belarusians say that the bomb threat was conveyed by Hamas.

Belarusian authorities released what they said were bomb alert texts as officials tried to defuse mounting international protests over what Europe and also the United States condemned as “state piracy”. The threat, according to Belarusian authorities, was written in the name of Hamas.

“We, Hamas soldiers, demand that Israel stop firing on the Gaza Strip. We demand that the European Union (EU) withdraw its support for Israel in this war. There is a bomb on the plane. If we do not comply with our demands, it will explode in Vilnius on 23rd. May, “reads the warning text released by the Belarusian Ministry of Transport.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum later denied his group had any knowledge or connections in the incident. Also read: EU Bans Aircraft Crossing Belarusian Skies After Ryanair ‘Hijacking’ Incident

“We are not using this method, which could be carried out by some suspicious parties aimed at vilifying Hamas and thwarting world sympathy for our Palestinian people and their legitimate resistance,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Belarusian Air Force has denied that their fighter jets forced Ryanair’s planes to divert flight and land at Minks. Also read: In order to arrest the Belarusian Opposition, Ryanair’s flight was threatened with a bomb

The head of the Belarusian Air Force, Igor Golub, said that Ryanair’s crew took the decision to divert to Minsk on their own and that fighter jets were sent to escort him only after it turned around to fly towards Minks.

After this incident, a number of European airlines decided to cancel all their flights to Belarus and prohibit their aircraft from crossing Belarusian airspace.

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