(Israel Hayom) Daniel Siryoti - After the recent terror tunnel incident, a senior PA official said, "Palestinian reconciliation and the transfer of control [in Gaza] are on the declarative level only. In actuality, Hamas is in control on the ground in Gaza, and the PA's security apparatus currently has no ability to contend against it and against the other [armed] Palestinian factions, certainly not with regard to preventing digging new terror tunnels." "We are not interested in a confrontation with Hamas, certainly not because of the tunnel issue....For the time being it is not in our interest or desire to prevent Hamas from continuing its security-related activity in Gaza." A senior Palestinian security official explained, "For all intents and purposes, the police in Gaza merely swapped the blue Hamas uniforms for PA uniforms. Hamas still has control on the ground and is continuing its security-related activities more intensely than ever, including digging tunnels for the purpose of terror and training....We don't actually have control on the ground. We couldn't even arrange a safe trip for Abbas to Gaza."
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