Monday, May 8, 2023

PA fears Hamas planning West Bank ‘coup’

Hamas may be planning to “stage a coup” against the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, a Palestinian official in Ramallah warned on Monday.

The warning came amid an increase in Hamas terror activities in the West Bank and ongoing incitement by the Islamist group against the PA and its security forces.

In recent weeks, Hamas claimed responsibility for a number of terror attacks, especially the shooting attacks in the Jordan Valley, where Lucy Dee and her two daughters, Maya and Rina, were killed.


Last week, an Israeli man was lightly injured in a shooting attack at the Avnei Hefetz junction on the western edge of the West Bank. 

The two attacks were carried out by members of Hamas’ military wing, Izzaddin al-Qassam, the group announced in separate statements. READ MORE