"Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "condemned any targeting of Palestinian and Israeli civilians" following a Jerusalem shooting in which at least six Israelis were killed, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. Abbas heads the Fatah party, which controls the Palestinian Authority based in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "The Palestinian Presidency reiterated its firm stance rejecting and condemning any targeting of Palestinian and Israeli civilians, and denounced all forms of violence and terrorism, regardless of their source," the statement read."
"Abbas said that "security and stability in the region cannot be achieved" without ending Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and what he described as "acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip." He also called for Palestinians to have "an independent and sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital." Israel occupied East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it in 1980, a move unrecognized by most countr"
Emergency services confirmed six people were killed and at least 15 wounded in a shooting at Ramot Junction in East Jerusalem, with responsibility for the attack not yet established. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned targeting of Palestinian and Israeli civilians and called for an end to occupation, described alleged acts of genocide in Gaza, and demanded an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Israel's High Court of Justice ruled that the government had failed to provide Palestinian prisoners adequate food. US President Donald Trump issued a 'last warning' to Hamas while Israel's military continued an offensive to seize Gaza City.
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