2023-10-15 23:56:47
The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, said this Sunday that The actions of the Islamist group Hamas do not represent the Palestinian people and condemned attacks against civilians, both Israeli and Palestinian.
“The actions of Hamas do not represent the Palestinian people but rather the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is the “only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.”Abbas said in a telephone conversation with the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.
The Palestinian leader condemned the violence and recalled the validity of the signed agreements and international resolutions and He defended “peaceful popular resistance” as a way to achieve the nation’s objectives through a political solution.
Abbas also condemned the death of civilians on both sides and has called for the release of civilians, prisoners and detainees on both sides as well, according to the Palestinian news agency. He died.
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Abbas expressed the need to “immediately stop Israeli aggression” against the Palestinian peopleprotect it and allow the creation of humanitarian corridors in the Gaza Strip for the delivery of medical supplies, water, electricity and fuel.
Abbas also condemned the “displacement” of the Gazans following the evacuation order issued by the Israeli authorities and warned that it could cause a “second Nakba” or “catastrophe” like that of 1948.
Abbas’ statement came after Israel reiterated its threat of a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, a territory that is bombed every day since the bloody offensive of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas against Israel on October 7.
The commandos of the Islamist movement that stormed into Israel from Gaza on October 7 killed more than 1,400 people, according to the latest report published this Sunday by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office.
“More than 1,400 people were killed and more than 120 Israelis were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists”, declared Tal Heinrich, spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The previous toll was more than 1,300 dead.
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In Gaza, the bombings have so far left more than 2,300 dead, according to local authorities.
The Israeli army is waiting for a “political decision” to launch a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israeli army spokespersons Richard Hecht and Daniel Hagari declared in two press conferences. “We will have discussions with the political sector,” Hecht insisted.
According to Hecht, The head of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, is in the spotlight as he is considered the mastermind of the October 7 offensive. “He is a dead man who still walks and we will go after him,” she said.
Israel ordered residents of northern Gaza to evacuate the area and head towards the south of the besieged enclave in order to destroy the operations center of the Islamist movement, which has governed this small territory since 2007.
Tens of thousands of inhabitants have already moved south, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. About 1.1 million people live in the north of the very poor enclave. The total population of the territory is 2.4 million.
Israel – which has bombed the Gaza Strip incessantly since the land, sea and air raid launched against Israeli territory by Hamas militiamen – has meanwhile arranged tens of thousands of soldiers in the surrounding areas of the Gaza Strip waiting that the authorities give them the green light for a ground incursion.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday stressed the “determination [de Israel] to destroy the enemy.”
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