Palestinian leaders hope that Mustafa could now emerge as a unifying figure during the Israel-Hamas war.
Under interim peace accords reached in the 1990s, Israel's finance ministry collects tax on behalf of the Palestinians and makes monthly transfers to the PA.
"The specific issue of prayer on the Temple Mount, in Al Aqsa, is currently still under discussion by the cabinet," Government Spokesperson Avi Hyman said in a briefing on Thursday.
With the ongoing war, Palestinian policemen in Rafah stopped working. a group of masked and armed vigilantes take action to ensure fair prices at Rafah's markets.
Ahmed Daraghmeh, a commander of the PIJ-affiliated Tubas Battalion terrorist group, was killed in clashes overnight.
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Hamas strengthens its position inside Lebanon and seeks to make it a second military front from which to continue its struggle against Israel’s very existence.
While in prison, Basim Khandaqji wrote a book that was nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Though not all Palestinians are members of Hamas or even support it, most of them agree with its basic ideology.
Following pressure from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the PA's offset will be increased by an additional NIS 21 million.