Security sources said today, Tuesday, that the Palestinian security services destroyed classified documents in anticipation of Israeli incursions along the lines of those carried out in 2000 for security headquarters in the occupied West Bank.
The sources, who preferred to remain anonymous, told the French press, "We have received high orders to destroy the confidential documents we have, and we have implemented these orders secretly."
The sources confirmed that the destruction operation was carried out for fear of the Israeli occupation army storming the Palestinian lands under Palestinian security control and obtaining these documents.
One of the security sources indicated that the information was transferred to electronic folders before destroying the original paper documents, and the folders were placed in secret locations.
In May, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced the withdrawal of the Palestinian Authority from all agreements and understandings with the US and Israeli governments, including security coordination, following Israel's announcement of its plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
"If (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu gathers one inch of Palestinian land, that means eliminating any possibility of peace," Saeb Erekat, secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told reporters on Sunday.
Yesterday, the official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that Mossad chief Yossi Cohen will make a foreign tour in the coming days, during which he will visit Arab countries in order to feel the pulse of these countries regarding the plan to annex parts of the West Bank, and to alleviate the expected responses.
The Palestinian Authority fears an Israeli invasion similar to the one it carried out in response to the Palestinian uprising in 2000, when the occupation forces stormed several Palestinian security headquarters and confiscated documents and weapons.