Abbas office slams planIsrael has alleged that several employees of UNRWA took part in the October 7 attack on Israel that resulted in the deaths of about 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.The United Nations sacked the employees accused by Israel and has begun an internal probe of the agency. Since the Israeli allegations emerged, several countries have suspended their funding for the agency.The plan also has elements concerning the Egypt-Gaza border, which has been plagued by smuggling, the newspaper reported.It said a “southern closure” on the frontier would be enforced to prevent a revival of any terror or smuggling activity.Some elements of the reported Netanyahu plan conflict with Washington’s vision for post-war Gaza.The United States has backed Netanyahu’s call to eradicate Hamas, which controls Gaza, but has called for the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmud Abbas in the occupied West Bank, to gradually take over control in Gaza.On Friday, Abbas’s spokesman slammed the plan.”Gaza will only be part of the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” Nabil Abu Rudeineh said, according to Palestinian official news agency Wafa.”Any plans to the contrary are destined to fail. Israel will not succeed in attempts to alter the geographic and demographic reality in the Gaza Strip,” he said.”If the world wants security and stability in the region, it must end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and recognise the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” Abu Rudeineh said.Netanyahu has long denounced the Palestinian Authority, and on Wednesday, Israel’s parliament also backed his other proposal opposing any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.
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