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Hamas Spokesmen Issues Mixed Signals
Three Qassam rockets slammed into the western Negev on Tuesday, ending Monday's brief respiteEarlier Tuesday, Israel Radio quoted an Islamic Jihad official as saying the Palestinian militant group had only agreed to the respite to allow the entry of humanitarian goods into Gaza, and would shortly renew rocket fire against Israel. Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar, meanwhile, has said that his Palestinian militant group is willing to renew the recently ended truce in Gaza with Israel. Zahar made the comments in an interview with the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram that was published on Tuesday. He told the paper that Hamas would agree to renew the cease-fire under its previous conditions. Posted by: mhw 2008-12-23 |
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