Mahmoud Abbas Dismisses Dozens Of Governors In The West-Gaza Bank

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Source: Commons Wikimedia)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expelled 12 governors in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian state media.

"In the Gaza Strip, the Governors of East Gaza, Gaza, Khan Yunis and Rafah were retired based on the president's warning," the official news agency WAFA reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Friday, August 11.

In the West Bank, the governors ordered by the president to be removed are those who lead in Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Tulkarem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Tubas, and airshed.

Abbas also issued talks about the formation of a committee authorized to select governor candidates and recommend them to the president, according toWAFA reports.