Itongadol.- Fatah announced on Sunday that it has decided to cancel plans to hold a rally in the Gaza Strip marking the anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat.
The decision came after a series of bombings that targeted the homes and vehicles of 15 senior Fatah officials in the Gaza Strip last Friday.
The site of where the rally was supposed to take place was also targeted.
Fatah has held Hamas responsible for the spate of bombings, saying they were aimed at preventing the rally from taking place. Hamas, for its part, continues to deny responsibility for the explosions, which have further strained relations between the two rival parties.
Zakariya al-Agha, member of the Fatah Central Committee, said in a press conference in Gaza City that Hamas has informed him that it would not be able to guarantee the safety of participants in the rally, which was slated for November 11.
Al-Agha said that Hamas also asked transportation companies in the Gaza Strip to refrain from renting their buses to the organizers of the Fatah rally.