Hamas is to reopen the Gaza offices of a major telecommunications firm, officials say Tuesday, after a row over a probe into the attempted assassination of the Palestinian premier.
The Hamas-run police in Gaza closed down the Wataniya Mobile firm in the Palestinian enclave on Saturday, after the state prosecutor accused it of failing to comply with the investigation into the bomb attack targeting Rami Hamdallah.
Hamdallah, who heads the Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank, was unharmed when a roadside bomb on March 13 blew up near his convoy during a rare visit to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Six of his bodyguards were lightly wounded.
The attorney general in Gaza, in a statement, says Tuesday that the company would reopen fully, without giving further details.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the bomb attack, though Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday directly accused Hamas.
— AFP, Times of Israel staff
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