PA Denies Confiscating Weapons

(Jerusalem Post) - Khaled Abu Toameh Palestinian Authority security officials denied Monday that PA security forces in Gaza have launched a campaign aimed at collecting illegal weapons from Palestinian factions. "What you saw on television was not real; it was part of a drill," said a senior PA security official. "We carried out an exercise....We didn't launch any major operation." "We have no intention of confiscating weapons from any of the Palestinian factions," he said.


2003-07-15 00:00:00

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