Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to break off a unity agreement with Hamas if the Islamist movement does not allow the government to operate properly in the Gaza Strip.
"We won't accept a partnership with (Hamas) if the situation continues like this in Gaza where there is a shadow government of 27 deputy ministers who are running the territory," Abbas said on arrival in Cairo late Saturday, in remarks published by official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Gaza has been run by Hamas since 2007 following its political conflict with Fatah over the 2006 elections. Both factions agreed last April to form a national unity government and hold elections by January 2015.
