Hamas leader blames Israel for assassination attempt on security commander
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh blamed Israel for the assassination attempt that took place earlier Friday against the commander of Hamas's internal security forces in Gaza, Tawfiq Abu Naim.
"Through these crimes, Israel is trying to dissuade Hamas from its ways and its adherence to the rights and struggle of the Palestinian people," Haniyeh said while visiting Abu Naim at the hospital.
Haniyeh called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the Fatah party to move forward in the process of Palestinian reconciliation, and asked PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to do everything in his power to expose those responsible for the attack and bring them to justice.
Abu Naim was lightly wounded Friday afternoon after a group of masked men shot at him as he left Friday prayers in a Gaza mosque.
