Palestine denounced factions' launch of projectiles at Israeli, noting Gaza would "not be drawn into a cycle of violence

Unity efforts in the Gaza Strip were initiated under the coastal enclave's the de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, the government announced in a statement on Friday.

Factions within Gaza were contacted by Hamas government leaders in what Haniyeh called efforts to preserve consensus inside Strip and form a single position against what he called the recent Israeli escalations against Gaza residents.

Maintaining their stance in support of resistance, Hamas officials last week denounced factions' launch of projectiles at Israeli targets in response to continued Israeli airstrikes and incursions, noting Gaza would "not be drawn into a cycle of violence."

Officials accused Israel of using Gaza as a way to draw attention from the continued construction of settlement homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.