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Sunday, July 13, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Abbas asks UN for Gaza protection
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he had appealed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for “international protection” for the Palestinian people.
“The situation has become unbearable — hundreds of martyrs and thousands of wounded and huge destruction,” Abbas said.
Despite forming a government with Hamas’s backing last month, Abbas’s influence in Gaza is minimal.
— AP
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