Mahmoud Abbas blames Hamas for Gaza attack on PM’s convoy

President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has accused Hamas of orchestrating the explosion that targeted the convoy of Top Minister Rami Hamdallah as he entered the Gaza Strip final week. 

« We attain no longer need them to examine, we attain no longer need knowledge from them, we attain no longer need anything from them because all people knows exactly that they, the Hamas mosey, have been the ones who committed this incident, » Abbas acknowledged at a gathering of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah slack on Monday. 

Hamdallah’s convoy, which included the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence chief Majed Faraj, used to be attacked swish after the delegation crossed thru the Israeli-managed Erez checkpoint, known to Palestinians as Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. 

Faraj and Hamdallah remained unharmed, while seven safety guards have been wounded within the blast. 

Rapidly after the attack, Hamas acknowledged it used to be launching an investigation to elaborate who used to be within the wait on of the blast and deflected the PA’s feedback blaming the Gaza-basically based group for the incident. 

Speaking ultimately of Monday’s assembly, Abbas acknowledged that if the « assassination strive » had succeeded, the enchancment would have opened the door for a bloody civil battle. 

Name for elections

In accordance with Abbas’ accusations, Hamas called for elections. 

« We’re worried by the anxious stance that Abbas has taken. This case burns bridges and strengthens division and strikes the cohesion of our folk, » Hamas acknowledged in a assertion. 

« In light of all this, Hamas requires traditional elections, along with presidential, parliamentary and nationwide council elections, in allege that the Palestinian folk can settle their leadership. »

The attack and subsequent statements by every side brand a excessive deterioration in family members between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, the semi-self reliant physique that governs the occupied West Financial institution. 

Fatah, the ruling party ultimately of the PA, and Hamas, the party that governs the occupied Gaza Strip, signed a reconciliation agreement in October 2017, ending a decade of division that seen two parallel governments working in Gaza and the West Financial institution, respectively.

Nonetheless the deal used to be never fully implemented resulting from differences ultimately of the two political factions, that are the biggest in Palestinian politics. 

Analysts acknowledged the attack on Hamdallah’s convoy used to be intended to put a strain on reconciliation efforts.