"We condemn the crime of targeting the convoy of Dr. Rami Hamdallah," said a Hamas statement posted on Twitter.
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\r\nThe Gaza-based terrorist group also condemned the attempt to harm the security of the Gaza Strip and thwart attempts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation.
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\r\nHamas called on relevant authorities to open "an immediate and urgent investigation" into the circumstances of the attack and "hold the perpetrators accountable."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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A roadside bomb went off as the convoy of Rami Hamdallah and intelligence chief Majed Faraj entered the Gaza Strip from Israel. Both survived unscathed, the Gaza-based Interior Ministry reported.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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The top Palestinian Authority officials made the rare trip from the West Bank for the inauguration of a desalination plant. West Bank-based Palestine TV later showed footage of Hamdallah giving a speech as it was planed and broadcasted images of a jeep with windows blown out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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The incident comes amid a fragile reconciliation effort between the Fatah movement, which controls the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Israel is beleived to be the only one in the region that its interests are threatened if Hamas and Fatah reach a bilateral reconciliation. Analysts believe that Israel's Mossad may be behind the bomb blast to rise tension between the two political groups.<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2018-03-13 14:00:54","content_date_finish":"2018-03-13 14:00:54","content_date_register":"2018-03-13 14:15:25","content_date_last_edit":"2018-03-14 11:06:55","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3398312634","attach_date_register":"2018-03-13 14:15:22","attach_id":"419123","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"1024","attach_img_height":"576","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"463","visit_date_last":"2024-04-19 11:32:14","attach_title":"Hamas Denounces the Explosion That Targeted Palestinian PM in Gaza\r\n 2","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]