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Friday, February 16, 2024
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Friday, February 16, 2024
Fatah hails southern Israel terror attack; Abbas denounces statement, says he’s against violence
FILE - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
The Fatah movement issued a statement earlier today hailing the deadly terror attack in southern Israel as a “heroic operation in the occupied territories.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — who also heads the Fatah movement — denounces the statement, with his office saying that it was issued by an irresponsible individual acting on his own volition.
“The president is against violence and against terror attacks,” Abbas’s office adds, according to the Ynet news site.
