Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas glorified the Hamas-led October 7th massacres in a recently-published interview, praising the mass murders as having achieved important strategic goals for the Palestinians.

“This attack shook the foundations of the Israeli entity,” Abbas said in an interview with PA-controlled news outlet Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, which was translated by Palestinian Media Watch.

The clips appeared to have been filmed several months ago, but were published last week as part of a promotional campaign for a new book about Abbas’ political career.