Ma'an -- Hamas' website, the Palestinian Information Center, posted an article accusing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of preparing to take control of the Gaza Strip after Israel topples Hamas. The article was posted Tuesday morning and claims Hamas got hold of a "secret report" elaborating plans of Abbas to re-establish control in Gaza. The report says Abbas called Palestinian officials in Ramallah while he was in Egypt en route to Saudi Arabia. It said Abbas was in Cairo in order to coordinate a joint plan on facing the changes in the Gaza Strip.
Abbas reportedly asked his interior minister and security commanders to prepare an emergency unit prepared to take over after the Hamas regime collapses in Gaza.