Kazan, Oct 27 (UNI) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is determined to visit the Gaza Strip, but he is being prevented by Israel and the ongoing hostilities there, Abbas’ aide Mahmoud al-Habbash told Sputnik.
“The president remains determined to take this step, despite the associated risks, but this step is being prevented by Israel, which is waging a barbaric war on every inch of the Gaza Strip,” al-Habbash said at the BRICS summit in Kazan.
Earlier, Abbas’ aide on international relations, Riyad al-Maliki, told Sputnik that Israel had refused Abbas permission to visit the Gaza Strip, where a large-scale military operation against the ruling Islamist movement Hamas had been underway for over a year, with numerous civilian casualties.
