Mahmoud Abbas

    Media reports today morning, that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas survived an assassination attempt in Gaza last week. It says four large explosive devices were set on the road on which he was travelling, but they were spotted by Palestinian security forces a short time before Abbas's convoy drove by. The paper Yediot Ahronot quotes a Fatah official as blaming Hamas members of setting the bombs in an attempt to kill Abbas. (10,22)