Hamas says PA responsible for Gaza security services
Published today (updated) 22/11/2014 22:01
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Hamas spokesman on Saturday said that Gaza's security
services are not under the control of Hamas, but the Palestinian national
consensus government.

Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement that "Hamas has no relation to Gaza's
security services -- (Prime Minister Rami) Hamdallah is the Minister of
Internal Affairs and he should do his job."

Abu Zuhri called on Hamdallah to "stop avoiding his responsibilities."

Hamdallah had said Friday that Hamas was "the actual security authority in
Gaza" and that the unity government could not work in Gaza given the
"nervous security conditions there," referring to recent mysterious bombings
targeting Fatah members in the Strip.

Fatah blamed Hamas for the attacks, which caused damages but no injuries,
but the Islamist movement rejected the accusation and condemned the
bombings.

A unity government between Hamas and Fatah was signed in April and sworn in
in June, in an attempt to end years of political discord between the two
parties and to bring the West Bank and Gaza under one governing body.

Hamas had run a separate government in Gaza since 2007, when it won
legislative elections across Palestine and clashes broke out between the
group and its rival Fatah movement.