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Thursday, March 22, 2018
Abbas: Gaza Strip ‘kidnapped’ by Hamas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says the Gaza Strip has been “kidnapped” by Hamas.
“Gaza is kidnapped by Hamas and the organization needs to hand it over to the Palestinian government,” Israel Radio quotes Abbas as saying at a press conference with Bulgaria’s president.
Abbas also says the terror group must hand over security responsibility for the Strip or it will bear responsibility for the failure of Egyptian-backed mediation efforts between Hamas and Abbas’s Fatah party.
Hamas has ruled Gaza for the past decade since taking over the coastal enclave from Fatah in a coup.
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