JERUSALEM, Undefined - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Sunday that the policies and actions of Hamas 'do not represent the Palestinian people', the news agency Wafa reported.
JERUSALEM, Undefined - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Sunday that the policies and actions of Hamas"do not represent the Palestinian people", the news agency Wafa reported.
The Palestinian Liberation Organisations was the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, he added, during talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Wafa added. Maduro reaffirmed"Venezuela's unconditional support for the Palestinian cause and its Authority", and offered 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid"for the Palestinian people" to be sent in the next few days, according to the statement.
Israel declared war on Hamas last Sunday, a day after waves of the militant group's fighters broke through the heavily fortified border and shot, stabbed and burned to death more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians.
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