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Palestinian Authority blames Hamas for 'catastrophic' humanitarian situation in Gaza

Hamas deployment in Gaza Photo: Hadi Mohammad / Fars Media Corporation CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs parts of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria), has recently blamed the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas for the "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, the AP said the Palestinian terrorist group had provided “free pretexts” for Israel to carry out “the largest war of extermination” against the Gazan population, following its attacks on October 7, 2023, in which the Islamic terrorists killed 1.200 people and kidnapped 251 others in Israeli territory.

"It (Hamas) also provoked the spread of catastrophic conditions in the Gaza Strip, from hunger and poverty and deprivation of the most basic human needs, and the collapse of the system of basic services in education, health and others, and it has no right to reproduce its adventures in the West Bank," the Palestinian government criticized.

It is the first time in more than a year of Israeli military campaign against Hamas in the Strip that the PA has openly blamed the Islamists for the humanitarian disaster that has taken place in the coastal enclave.

These statements come at one of the most tense moments between the two political groups, which have been antagonistic for years, since mid-December, PA forces and Palestinian terrorists have been engaged in armed combat in the city and the so-called "refugee camp" of Jenin, in Samaria (north of the West Bank).

This exchange of fire has caused the death of at least 15 people, including six police officers, three terrorists, two minors, a 21-year-old journalist and a 50-year-old woman.

Al Jazeera, citing local sources, said on Sunday that PA forces had imposed a siege on the Jenin “refugee camp” home to more than 11.000 people, leaving parts of it without water or electricity.

In addition, the same sources maintain that security forces of Mahmoud Abbas's government are also preventing the entry of food and medical supplies, as well as journalists so that they cannot cover these attacks.

In fact, on January 1, just as Israel had done months earlier, the AP banned the Qatari network from broadcasting in territories controlled by its forces, considering that its coverage “incites sedition,” among other reasons.

The AP said Thursday it had arrested 247 people during its offensive against the Jenin refugee camp, a stronghold of extremist organisations affiliated with the Islamic terrorist group Hamas.

The Israel Defense Forces, which have also operated in this “refugee camp” on numerous occasions, are reportedly preparing a new operation authorized by the Shabak (Israeli national intelligence service), according to several reports in recent days.

Agencies contributed to this Aurora article

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