This evening, Sunday, President Mahmoud Abbas made a phone call with leader Ahmed Helles, member of the Fatah Central Committee and Commissioner of Mobilization and Organization in the Southern Governorates, in order to follow up on the situation in the Gaza Strip, in light of the continuation and escalation of the Israeli aggression.

President Abbas reaffirmed the right of our people to defend themselves and protect their children from the aggression of the occupation, stressing the necessity of providing all possible medical and humanitarian needs for our people in the Gaza Strip.

President Abbas stressed the need to protect the internal front and strengthen national cohesion in the face of the challenges resulting from the continued Israeli aggression against our people in all their locations, in Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank.