The mother-in-law of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been allowed to enter Israel for medical treatment.

Israel said Tuesday it allowed the mother-in-law of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh into the country for medical treatment, reports The Associated Press (AP).

Maj. Guy Inbar, an Israeli spokesman, said the 68-year-old woman was allowed to enter from Gaza on Monday to receive cancer treatment at a Jerusalem hospital. A relative in Gaza confirmed she was in Israel.

The announcement followed Haniyeh's resignation as Gaza’s prime minister Monday in the wake of the formation of a new unity government between Hamas and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement.

This is not the first time that a relative of Haniyeh’s has been taken to Israel for medical treatment.

In November, Haniyeh’s granddaughter was brought to Israel in grave condition with a serious infection of the digestive tract which affected her nervous system. She was returned to Gaza a day later after Israeli doctors concluded they could not help her and later passed away.

Israel regularly allows medical patients from Gaza to cross into Israel for treatment - between 40-70 people per day. This has gone on even as the Hamas leadership threatened Israel with genocide and terrorists from the region launched thousands of rockets towards southern Israel.

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