PA’s Abbas says Hamas shares responsibility with Israel for ongoing war

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas blames Hamas for the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement by his office carried by the official PA Wafa news outlet.

“The presidency considers the Hamas movement — by avoiding national unity and providing free pretexts to the occupying state — a partner in bearing the legal, moral, and political responsibility for the continuation of the Israeli war of annihilation in the Gaza Strip with all the suffering, destruction and killing it causes to our people,” the statement reads, published in response to the strike targeting top Hamas commanders earlier today.

Abbas urges Hamas to stop giving Israel the justification for continuing the military operation in Gaza.

Additionally, the statement blasts Israel for the strike earlier today, which it calls a “horrific massacre” of civilians.