Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", on Saturday demanded that Israel transfer the Gazoo-based terror group $15 million in cash from Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...every month in order to prevent further escalation in the Paleostinian enclave.
In a document handed to Egypt, the terror group’s Gazoo leader Yahya Sinwar added that the organization expects Israel to transfer the money by next Thursday, Hadashot TV reported.
According to the news station, the demand for cash is intended to circumvent the Israeli coordination and supervision mechanism that was in place until now, according to which the Paleostinian Authority would pay Gazoo worker salaries transparently.
Israel has not yet responded to the Hamas demand.
The Israeli security cabinet is set to convene Sunday for a briefing on the situation in Gazoo, as well as on the efforts being made by Egypt to broker a ceasefire between the Jewish state and Hamas.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman met with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and other top security officials on Saturday.
A few hours after Islamic Jihad announced the ceasefire, the Eshkol Regional Council lifted orders that residents must remain in close proximity to bomb shelters.
Restrictions remained in place, however, limiting gatherings outdoors to 100 people and those indoors to 500.
The declaration by Islamic Jihad to end the rocket fire came as the Israel Defense Forces said fighter jets struck eight targets tied to the Iran-backed terror group in three separate military facilities after Israel was hit by salvos of rockets from Gazoo overnight and on Saturday morning.
The Gazoo targets included weapons production sites and a factory that makes parts for subterranean tunnels, the army said, adding that the later was near a school.
The top IDF spokesperson earlier blamed Iran and Syria for the Islamic Jihad rocket attacks. Though he did not accuse Hamas of taking part in the launches, Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis reiterated that Israel considers the terror group responsible as Gazoo’s rulers.
Another IDF front man, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, said the rocket strikes were ordered by operatives from the overseas branch of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stationed in Syria and warned Israel may not limit its response to Gazoo.
"From our perspective, part of the address by which we will deal with this fire is also in Damascus and the Quds Force," he said. "Our response is not limited geographically."