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| Hamas rejects linking Shalit's case with truce |
| 2008-07-10 |
| (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for Islamic Hamas movement said Wednesday his movement rejects the Israeli intentions to combine the case of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit with the current truce deal. Fawzi Barhoum told reporters that the Israeli intentions to merge the dues of the truce with the release of the captured Israeli soldier are rejected by Hamas and other factions which involved in the capture of Shalit. 'Israel wants to merge the two issues in order to escape from implementing its dues of the truce, find excuses to dismantle the implementation of the truce and mislead the Israeli public opinion,' said Barhoum. Two years ago, Hamas movement's armed wing and two minor Gaza militant groups captured Shalit in an armed attack on an Israeli army base near the border between southeast Gaza Strip and Israel. On June 19, Egypt brokered a truce between Israel and Hamas movement. According to the agreement Israel stops attacks on Gaza, eases the blockade and opens Gaza crossings for stopping homemade rocket attacks on Israel. However, Israel said that around ten mortar shells and homemade rocket attacks had been fired from Gaza at Israel since the truce was implemented. Israel closed Gaza crossings for five times in response to the rocket attacks. On Tuesday, a Hamas delegation chaired by top leader Mahmoud al-Zahar headed for talks in Cairo with senior Egyptian security officials to discuss the truce and a prisoners swap between Hamas and Israel. 'The delegation would ask the Egyptians to enhance the talks on reopening Rafah crossing (on the border between Gaza and Egypt) and to isolate the file of the captured Israeli soldier from the current truce,' said Barhoum. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Cause he's dead? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-10 09:52 |