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Abbas cancels visit to Gaza after Hamas explosive tunnel uncovered

Published:    05.17.07, 20:51 / Israel News

The Palestinian news channel PNN reported Thursday evening that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has cancelled his trip to Gaza after a Hamas explosives tunnel was uncovered on route from the Erez crossing to his Gaza office.

The report did not say if Palestinian security forces were treating this as an attempted assassination on Abbas.

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Abbas death plot claim as Palestinian crisis worsens

May 18, 2007 - 4:50AM

An alleged plot by Hamas militants to assassinate Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was revealed on Thursday as deadly factional fighting resumed in Gaza and Israeli air strikes targeted the violence-wracked territory.

The plot was disclosed hours after Abbas cancelled a trip to Gaza for talks aimed at reaching a definitive ceasefire between fighters from his Fatah party and Hamas that has left nearly 50 people dead and 100 wounded since Sunday.

"Abu Mazen's (Abbas's) visit to Gaza was cancelled after the discovery of a tunnel under Salaheddine Road full of explosives placed by the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades to blow up (his) convoy," said a senior security official, referring to Hamas's military wing.

"The explosives were found on the route that Abu Mazen takes to travel to Gaza," the source added, speaking from the Palestinian political capital of Ramallah in the West Bank.

An official in Abbas's office confirmed the report.