Foreign Minister Israel Katz slams Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party for signing a “national unity” declaration with Hamas.
“Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement in China for joint control of Gaza after the war. Instead of rejecting terrorism, Mahmud Abbas embraces the murderers and rapists of Hamas, revealing his true face,” Katz writes on X.
“In reality, this won’t happen because Hamas’s rule will be crushed, and Abbas will be watching Gaza from afar,” he writes in English. “Israel’s security will remain solely in Israel’s hands.”
Senior Hamas official Hussam Badran said the national unity government would manage the affairs of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, oversee reconstruction, and prepare for elections.
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