BEIJING — Hamas announced on Tuesday it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organizations, including rival Fatah, to work together for 'national unity,' with China describing it as a deal to rule the Gaza Strip together once the war there ends.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who hosted senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzuk, Fatah envoy Mahmud al-Aloul and emissaries from 12 other Palestinian groups, said they had agreed to set up an 'interim national reconciliation government' to govern postwar Gaza.