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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas makes a statement as he attends a meeting of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah at the Muqata in Ramallah, on December 18, 2019.
If Palestinian Authority elections were to be held this week, Gaza’s ruling Hamas terrorist organization would win another landslide victory similar to that in 2006, the last time elections were held.
In a survey this month on the eve of the PA elections that polled 1,056 people in Gaza between April 19 and April 22, the Atlas Center for Research found that once again, Hamas would seize control of the government at least, in the enclave.
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Residents of the southern city of Sderot said they heard an explosion Saturday morning but were unclear about the source.
However, the IDF explained “terrorists in Gaza tried to … prepare explosives to attack Israel. What terrorists in Gaza actually did [instead, was] cause an explosion in a civilian area inside Gaza.”
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Abu Ali Express blog reported that a Fatah-linked source said the sounds of the blast were due to the explosion of a rocket that was being stored at a house in the northeastern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun.
The rocket that blew up was allegedly a âBader 3â and it was being stored in the home of Ahmad Nahatz al-Qafarna along with other munitions, according to blogger Abu Ali.