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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas mulls Egypt's ceasefire as Israel resumes strikes
2014-07-16
[Al Ahram] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, is still debating an Egyptian-proposed Gazoo truce, a top official from the Paleostinian group said on Tuesday, as rocket fire from the territory into Israel continued for more than two hours after the ceasefire was meant to go into effect, reported Rooters.

"We are still in consultation and there has been no official position made by the [Hamas] movement regarding the Egyptian proposal," Moussa Abu Marzouk, who was in Cairo, said in a tweet.
Not saying yes equals no, guys. Enjoy your consequences!
Israel carried out at least four air strikes against Gazoo on Tuesday afternoon, resuming attacks after the truce failed to get off the ground, AFP correspondents and eyewitnesses said.

"Following six hours of indiscriminate rocket fire at Israel, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have resumed operational activities against Hamas," military front man Lieutenant Peter Lerner said on his Twitter account.
Not saying yes while increasing the rocketry is a most definite no among the diplomatic types.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior Israeli official told AFP that the military had been ordered to "act forcefully".

"After Hamas and Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
 refused the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire and fired dozens of rockets at Israel, the prime minister and defence minister have ordered the IDF to act forcefully against the terror targets in Gazoo," said the official.

Earlier on Tuesday, Israel's security cabinet accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal, a government front man said, after a week of the deadliest violence in and around Gazoo since fighting broke out in 2012.

"The cabinet has decided to accept the Egyptian initiative for a ceasefire starting at 9am today," Ofir Gendelman, front man for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Twitter.

The corpse count from Israel's week-long attack on Gazoo, dubbed Operation Protective Edge, rose Tuesday to 192 Paleostinians.
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