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24 March 2009 BEIRUT, (PIC)-- Hamas on Monday
denounced the assassination of Kamal Midhat, the
deputy representative of the PLO in Lebanon, hailing
his efforts in reconciling Palestinian factions.
Osama Hamdan, Hamas representative in Lebanon, said in
a press statement that Midhat played a major role in
bridging gaps among various factions especially during
the latest Israeli war on Gaza.
Midhat exerted big efforts to unify the Palestinian
positions and in calming the conditions in Lebanon
between Fatah and Hamas, Hamdan underlined.
He charged that the assassination of the PLO official
was surely meant to destabilize the Palestinian
situation, which was heading towards restoring
national unity as evident in the Cairo dialog.
The only one benefiting from the murder of Midhat is
the one bearing grudge against the Palestinian people,
which is clearly the "Zionist enemy" and those who
work for it, the Hamas representative said, adding
that the matter is in the hands of the Lebanese
security.
For its part, Islamic Jihad Movement described the
death of Midhat as a "national loss" in view of the
martyr's great concern with national unity and
stability of Palestinians in Lebanon.
Abu Emad, the Jihad representative in Lebanon, said
that the "criminal crime" targeted the Palestinian
presence in Lebanon in addition to that country's
stability other than deepening division in the
Palestinian arena and foiling inter-Palestinian
conciliation efforts.
Midhat was killed in a bomb blast that targeted his
motorcade on Monday evening at the entrance of Mia Mia
refugee camp near Sidon in southern Lebanon.
Security sources said that the blast also killed Akram
Dhaher, the sports official in the PLO office in
Beirut, along with two other persons one of them was
Midhat's bodyguard.
The PLO official, who carries a PhD in military
science from the former Soviet Union, had survived a
number of assassination attempts. |
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