In the Occupied Territories, tensions are on the rise between the ruling factions Fatah and Hamas. On Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas released video he says proves Hamas militants tried to carry out a plot on his life. The video shows men in Hamas uniforms placing a device inside a tunnel. Abbas says the device was a bomb and the tunnel near a road he takes to his Gaza residence, now under Hamas control. Hamas military commander Abu Ubaidah denied the accusation.

Abu Ubaidah: “Qassam Brigades have never considered Mahmoud Abbas as a target, and we have never considered any of the politicians as targets. Our people have not forgotten the attempted assassinations and the RPGs fired onto the house of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and onto the house of former foreign minister and fighter Mahmoud al-Zahar, and the assassination of political leader Dr. Mahmoud al-Ajwa, whose killers are known to Mahmoud Abbas, who fled to Ramallah now and are under his care.”