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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.
2006-05-08 00:00:00
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