mo4ch:>Hamas gunmen blamed for raid on Palestinian TV station | Mo4ch News

Masked gunmen ransacked the headquarters of the government-controlled Palestinian Broadcast Corporation in Gaza. The Palestinian Authority has blamed militant group Hamas for the raid.Five masked men armed with pistols, batons, and knives stormed the network’s headquarters, located in Gaza City’s relatively affluent Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, on Friday morning, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Once inside, they trashed equipment including cameras, computers and transmission gear, according to WAFA. The assailants also destroyed the station’s videotape archives and slashed portraits of PA leader Mahmoud Abbas and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.Minister Ahmad Assaf, the PA’s top media official, blamed the militant group Hamas for the attack. Another government spokesman described the raid as “barbaric attack by mercenaries and paid squads of chaos.”Hamas has denied responsibility, and condemned the attack as “unacceptable.”Based in the West Bank, The Palestinian Authority is…