PLO mourns death of Hamas chief Sinwar

A young Palestinian boy holds up a portrait of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a rally in Ramallah, in the Occupie-West Bank on Oct. 18, 2024. (AFP)

• “The Executive Committee of the PLO expresses its condolences to the Palestinian people and all national factions,” a statement said
• The PLO accused Israel of committing “massacres and genocide” against Palestinians

RAMALLAH: The Palestine Liberation Organization, seen internationally as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, expressed its condolences on Friday on the “martyrdom” of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and called for unity among all Palestinian factions.
“The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) expresses its condolences to the Palestinian people and all national factions on the martyrdom of the great national leader Yahya Sinwar, head of the political bureau of Hamas,” a statement by the committee said.
The PLO accused Israel of committing “massacres and genocide” against Palestinians and called for all Palestinian factions to stand united, especially after the death of Sinwar.
The PLO called for a united struggle against Israel for the “full reclaiming of our rights, including the right of return, the end of the occupation, and the establishment of our Palestinian state on all our occupied territories based on the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its eternal capital,” the statement said.
In a separate statement, Fatah, the party of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, said Israel’s policy of “killing and terrorism will not succeed in breaking the will of our people to achieve their legitimate national rights to freedom and independence.”