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May 18, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070517180355.16vvigx5&cat=null

Abbas Cancels Gaza Trip over Hamas Assassination Plot

[AFP/France 24] Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas canceled a trip to Gaza on Thursday after it was discovered that militants from Hamas planned to blow up his convoy, a senior security official said. "Abu Mazen's (Abbas') visit to Gaza was canceled after the discovery of a tunnel under Salaheddine Road full of explosives placed by the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade to blow up (Abbas') convoy," said the official. "The explosives were found on the route that Abu Mazen takes to travel to Gaza," the source added.

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