By Martin Chulov
June 23, 2007 06:41am
HAMAS has angrily denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's allegation that its militants plotted to kill him with a giant bomb, making the statement in front of Mr Abbas's Gaza home.
In a provocative step, the militant group's military wing staged a press conference at the front door of Mr Abbas's Gaza home, before leading journalists through the house in a bid to prove it had not been damaged, as exiled Fatah officials had claimed.
A spokesman for the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaidah, said documents recovered from the Fatah-run spy headquarters and police base proved that the Palestinian Authority in Gaza was providing Israel with precise details on Hamas positions and had deployed teams to tail key militant cells.
Displaying documents under the banner of the intelligence service, he said: "This is part of the proof that Preventative Security was providing security information to the Israeli enemy."
Mr Abbas's speech on Wednesday, in which he described Hamas as "murderous terrorists" and vowed not to deal with them again, has left Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip outraged and calling the Fatah leadership collaborators.
A post on the Hamas website replicated the US Army's deck of cards by labelling four Fatah leaders as wanted criminals and superimposing their faces on playing cards.
Among them was strongman and Abbas confidant Mahmoud Dahlan, whose house in Gaza was ransacked. Death threats were spray-painted on the perimeter walls.
Hamas denied another claim on seized documents - and used as evidence against them by Israel - that 25 per cent of its military wing received training in Iran.
Meanwhile, the embattled Islamic group received some support at the UN Security Council yesterday, with four nations defying a UN-sponsored bid to support the regime of Mr Abbas and the newly appointed Prime Minister, Salaam Fayyad. >>>cont
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June 23, 2007 06:41am
HAMAS has angrily denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's allegation that its militants plotted to kill him with a giant bomb, making the statement in front of Mr Abbas's Gaza home.
In a provocative step, the militant group's military wing staged a press conference at the front door of Mr Abbas's Gaza home, before leading journalists through the house in a bid to prove it had not been damaged, as exiled Fatah officials had claimed.
A spokesman for the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaidah, said documents recovered from the Fatah-run spy headquarters and police base proved that the Palestinian Authority in Gaza was providing Israel with precise details on Hamas positions and had deployed teams to tail key militant cells.
Displaying documents under the banner of the intelligence service, he said: "This is part of the proof that Preventative Security was providing security information to the Israeli enemy."
Mr Abbas's speech on Wednesday, in which he described Hamas as "murderous terrorists" and vowed not to deal with them again, has left Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip outraged and calling the Fatah leadership collaborators.
A post on the Hamas website replicated the US Army's deck of cards by labelling four Fatah leaders as wanted criminals and superimposing their faces on playing cards.
Among them was strongman and Abbas confidant Mahmoud Dahlan, whose house in Gaza was ransacked. Death threats were spray-painted on the perimeter walls.
Hamas denied another claim on seized documents - and used as evidence against them by Israel - that 25 per cent of its military wing received training in Iran.
Meanwhile, the embattled Islamic group received some support at the UN Security Council yesterday, with four nations defying a UN-sponsored bid to support the regime of Mr Abbas and the newly appointed Prime Minister, Salaam Fayyad. >>>cont
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