PA loyalists win big in Palestinian municipal polls

• Dominate West Bank polls, claim many seats uncontested; secure six seats in Deir al-Balah • Hamas boycotts elections; linked candidates win only two of 15 seats • Gaza turnout lags at 23pc, West Bank reaches 56pc; first election in two decades amid Israeli strikes despite truce CAIRO: Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza St...

By none@none.com (Agencies)