PA government condemns killing of Islamic Jihad terror leader as “organized terror”
Headline: "The Palestinian [PA] government's first response to the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip"
"Palestinian [PA] Government Spokesman Ibrahim Melhem responded to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip (i.e., a targeted attack against terror leader Baha Abu Al-Ata; see note below), that has been continuing since the early morning of today (Tuesday) [Nov. 12, 2019].
Melhem said in an exclusive statement to [the independent Palestinian news agency] Donia Al-Watan: 'What Israel did constitutes organized terror, through which the occupation state is attempting to extricate itself from the crisis of establishing the next government.'
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Melhem added: 'From the first moment, [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas has been in contact with all of the [Palestinians'] friends in the world in order to stop the escalating Israeli aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip.'"