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June 21, 2007
No. 1951

Footage of Purported Planning of Hamas Assassination Plot Against Mahmoud Abbas

 

 

Mahmoud Abbas in a television address on June 20, accused Hamas of trying to assassinate him when he planned a visit to Gaza a month ago, digging a tunnel under a road where his car was to pass and by filling it with 250 kilograms of explosives. He said he received videotapes of the operation, showing armed groups with Hamas signs on their shirts carrying out the preparation of the assassination.

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