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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Fatah official charges Israel killed party member to ‘ignite a full-scale war’
A senior official from the Palestinian Fatah movement claims that Israel killed a fellow party member in southern Lebanon in order to start a regional war.
The “assassination of a Fatah official is further proof that Israel wants to ignite a full-scale war in the region,” Tawfik Tirawi, a member of Fatah’s central committee, tells AFP, referring to the killing of Khalil Makdah.
Israel has said it targeted Makdah for working out of Lebanon with Iran to transfer money and weapons to terror cells in the West Bank.
