Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

May 8, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2168494,00.html

Israel Foils Hamas Plot to Kill Mahmoud Abbas

(Sunday Times-UK) Uzi Mahnaimi - A Hamas plot to assassinate PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has been thwarted after he was tipped off by Israeli intelligence. Hamas' military wing, the Iz a-Din al-Qassem, had planned to kill Abbas at his office in Gaza, intelligence sources said. "So when we learned that Abbas' life was in danger, we made sure to inform him without delay," said an Israeli intelligence source. "Hamas considers Abbas to be a barrier to its complete control over Palestine and decided to kill him," said a Palestinian source who is a close acquaintance of Abbas. The attack would also have targeted Mohammed Dahlan, Abbas' strongman in Gaza.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: