Abbas delays Palestinian elections

RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed Palestinian legislative elections set for July 17, officials in his office said Saturday.No new date was set and no reason was given for the postponement.A Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, condemned Abbas' decision, which he said goes against a truce agreement that Abbas reached with militant groups in Cairo, Egypt, in March.Hamas -- a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist organization -- will continue to honor the truce, Abu Zuhri said.