Blair cancels Gaza trip over attack threat

MIDDLE EAST envoy Tony Blair yesterday called off what would have been the first visit of a top Western diplomat to Gaza, after Israel’s Shin Bet security service said he might come under attack there.

The service said it had received “pinpoint information that Palestinians were planning to attack Blair in Gaza, so the relevant services alerted him to the fact”.

Blair said the threat was “specific” and “credible,” forcing him to call off the trip but he said it was a postponement, not a cancellation.