AFP Ramallah

Ramallah

Updated Monday, February 26, 2024-09:53

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The government of the

Palestinian Authority

, based in the occupied West Bank, presented its resignation to President

Mahmoud Abbas

on Monday , declared Prime Minister

Mohammed Shtayyeh

.

"I presented the resignation of the government to the president on February 20 and I am submitting it in writing this Monday," Shtayyeh said in

Ramallah

, specifying that this decision took place in light of "the facts related to the aggression against the Gaza Strip and the escalation in the West Bank and Jerusalem".