Hamas blames Palestinian Authority men for PM assassination attempt


  • World
  • Sunday, 29 Apr 2018

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a waste treatment plant after an explosion targeted his convoy, in the northern Gaza Strip March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's ruling Hamas group blamed Palestinian Authority officials on Saturday for the attempted assassination in the enclave of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on March 13.

Finger-pointing over the roadside bomb attack on Hamdallah's convoy looks likely to deepen a bitter political rift between the Islamist Hamas group and Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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