The International Court of Justice begins hearings in the ongoing case regarding Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas called on Hamas to “hand over the hostages and be done with it” in his strongest speech yet against the militant group in Gaza.
“Hamas has given the criminal occupation excuses to commit its crimes in the Gaza Strip, the most prominent being the holding of hostages,” Abbas said in a televised speech from Ramallah, the de-facto capital of the Palestinian territories partially controlled by his PA.
“You sons of dogs, hand over what you have and relieve us of this,” he said to the Palestinian Central Council, as he called on the group to hand over control to his party, whose Fatah movement has been largely outlawed from the territory since Hamas took over in 2007.
International post-war visions for Gaza have involved a PA takeover of the territory, something Israel has strongly opposed. The organisation has also been criticised for its security co-operation with Israel, leading to accusations of corruption and weakness.
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