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PA’s Abbas urges Hamas to free the hostages, cede its arms, says terror group won’t rule postwar Gaza
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This handout picture released by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meeting with Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair in Amman, Jordan, on July 13, 2025. (Thaer GHANAIM / PPO / AFP)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urges Hamas to release the hostages it is holding and hand over its weapons to the PA, stressing that the terror group “will not rule the Gaza Strip” after the ongoing war ends.
In a meeting in Amman with former British prime minister Tony Blair, Abbas also calls for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and unhindered entry of humanitarian aid to the Strip, according to the PA’s official news agency WAFA.
Abbas also calls for the PA to be given control of the enclave, a notion long rejected by Israel.
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