Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah on Monday offered to resign, his spokesman said, amid efforts by president Mahmud Abbas to form a new government

The UN on Thursday condemned the throwing of stones at the Palestinian prime minister on Christmas Day, allegedly by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, calling it "absolutely unacceptable".

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Thursday met Chairman of the Qatari Committee for Reconstruction of Gaza, Ambassador Mohamed Ismail al-Emadi.

Hamas on Wednesday named a fugitive suspect in a bomb attack on Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah, two days after the Islamist movement itself was accused of the Gaza attack.

Rami Hamdallah was not injured in the explosion, which occurred shortly after his convoy entered the territory run by Hamas, a security source in the convoy said.

Hamas agreed to hand over power to a unity government last month and Rami Hamdallah's visit, the first since 2015, saw his ministers take control of ministries in Gaza.

The visit follows concessions by Hamas after discussions with Egypt, which has urged it to take steps towards reconciliation with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's Fatah, based in the occupied West Bank.

The European Union says the scale of migration, driven by war, disaster and poverty, has no parallel since the end of World War II