Khaled Mashal and Mahmoud Abbas. In a phone call with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Abbas also called the Palestine Liberation Organization the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people”, Wafa said.
"The president affirmed his rejection of the killing of civilians on both sides, and called for the release of civilians, prisoners and detainees on both sides," added the news agency.
(Reporting by Hatem Maher and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Deepa Babington and Lisa Shumaker.)