Abbas to meet security chiefs

PA President Mahmoud Abbas is set to meet with his security chiefs following the attempted killing of PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Gaza earlier today.

PA intelligence chief Majed Faraj, who was in the vehicle with Hamdallah when the roadside explosion detonated, wounding seven, says the attack was “a cowardly act aimed at harming national unity,” according to the official PA news service Wafa.

“It is too early to accuse anyone, but those who are in charge shoulder the full responsibility for security on the ground,” he is quoted as saying, a reference to Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip and was responsible for securing Hamdallah’s visit.