Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday said he is worried that Israel will try to “push Palestinians out of the West Bank after it’s done with Gaza”. Abbas spoke at the World Economic Forum in Riyadh, whose guest list also includes representatives of Hamas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

The Palestinian leader also warned that an Israeli invasion of Rafah is expected within the next few days, and that it be "the biggest disaster in the history of the Palestinian people".

Only the United States is able to put a stop to it by putting pressure on Israel, he said. “We appeal to the United States of America to ask Israel to stop the Rafah operation because America is the only country capable of preventing Israel from committing this crime.”