This photo taken on Dec 18, 2020, shows a view of an empty main road during a weekend lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Gaza City. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

GAZA - A senior Hamas official said on Monday that Hamas has agreed to hold the general election in the Palestinian territories after four countries guaranteed the success of the election.

The guarantees were given by Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and Russia, said Taher al-Nono, an aide to Hamas chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in a press statement

An aide to the chief of Hamas said that Hana Nasser, chairman of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, will soon visit Gaza to prepare and negotiate a mechanism for the general election

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said earlier that he had received a letter from Haniyeh on ending the dispute between Hamas and Abbas' Fatah.

"Haniyeh's letter to President Abbas to hold the elections came as a step to achieve partnership and unity of the Palestinian institution on three levels: legislative, presidential, and the National Council," al-Nono said.

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He revealed that Hana Nasser, chairman of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, will soon visit Gaza to prepare and negotiate a mechanism for the election.

On Sunday, Haniyeh said in a televised speech aired on Al-Aqsa TV that Hamas and Fatah had put an end to their dispute over the general election, adding that Hamas was ready to participate in the legislative and presidential elections.

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The internal division between Fatah and Hamas came after Hamas routed Abbas' security forces in the Gaza Strip and seized control of the Palestinian enclave in the summer of 2007.