Palestinian sources reported that unknown gunmen have abducted a former Palestinian official and blown up a small restaurant in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Monday.The former State Attorney General Khaled Al Qudrah was abducted by a group of unknown gunmen in Khan Younis city. Eyewitnesses reported that the gunmen intercepted Al Qudrah’s car, then forced him into the vehicle before fleeing the scene.
In the meantime, another group of masked men blew up a small restaurant in Rafah city. Local sources reported that the gunmen planted a home-made bomb in the restaurant and remotely detonated the bomb, completely destroying the restaurant.
Palestinian security agencies and police have initiated an investigation into the two attacks, Palestinian Authority sources reported.
No injures were reported in both attacks. These two attacks are the first of their kind since the Fatah-Hamas agreement was reached in the holy city of Makka in Saudi Arabia last Thursday.