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Hamas declares end to ceasefire with Israel |
2008-12-19 |
This is the end Beautiful friend The end My only friend, the end (AKI) - The Islamist Hamas movement declared on Thursday evening an end to a ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip - one day before the truce was due to expire. The announcement was made soon after heavy clashes took place in Gaza between Palestinian militants and the Israeli Army. "The calm, which was reached with Egyptian sponsorship on 19 June and expires on 19 December, is finished because the enemy did not abide by its obligations," said Hamas official Ayman Taha. The Egyptian-mediated truce had been scheduled to end on Friday. "The truce with Israel is finished. Today is the last day of it and there is no possibility of it being renewed," said Hamas MP Mushir al-Masri, quoted by a website affiliated with Hamas. The intense tit-for-tat exchanges of fire between Israel and Gaza militants began on Monday with the assassination of one of the leaders of the al-Quds Brigades, armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, allegedly by Israeli undercover forces in the West Bank. In a separate incident, Israeli daily Maariv claims that assassinating Hamas leaders is an option being explored as Israeli forces prepare for the end of the ceasefire. According to the daily, unnamed Arab leaders have given Israel a go-ahead to assassinate Hamas leaders in case the group refuses to renew the truce. The list includes deposed Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh, deposed Minister of the Interior Said Siyam, and deposed Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Az-Zahhar, as well as Ahmad al-Jabary the head of the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing. The list also features Gaza MP and leader of the Popular Committee against the Siege in Gaza, Jamal Al-Khudari. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 "Anyone who thinks they won't use them is a fool." Especially since Imahdinnahnutjob said he would. So of course the Lefties don't believe him. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-19 19:31 |
#5 The fact that they have declared an end to the "Cease-fire" concerns me greatly. We really don't know how close Iran is to making nuclear weapons. Anyone who thinks they won't use them is a fool. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-12-19 19:18 |
#4 "Hamas declares end to ceasefire with Israel" Oh, so they got re-armed, did they? |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-19 18:32 |
#3 they don't want another cease fire until they start getting their asses handed too them again |
Posted by: rabid whitetail 2008-12-19 15:30 |
#2 At least we won't have to endure the "threatening the fragile truce" macro Journalists everywhere are left staring at the now useless F11 key on their keyboards. |
Posted by: SteveS 2008-12-19 10:08 |
#1 "...no possibility of it being renewed" Until the next one, of course. At least we won't have to endure the "threatening the fragile truce" macro, at least for a little while. |
Posted by: PBMcL 2008-12-19 00:29 |